How to spell daylight

Daylight is spelled D-A-Y-L-I-G-H-T.

hear itday·light/'deɪ,laɪt/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The natural light from the sun during the day.

In a sentence: The daylight makes the flowers shine bright.

Same family: day, daytime, light, sunlight, daylight-saving. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Daylight” is a compound of the Old English words for “day” and “light.” English has been using this combined form for over 500 years to talk about natural light from the sun, long before electric lights existed.

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