different between lamp vs bamp
lamp
English
Etymology
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lóp? (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Replaced Middle English leohtfet, lihtfat (“lamp, sconce, candlestick”), from Old English l?ohtfæt (“lamp, lantern, torch, light”, literally “light-vat, light-vessel”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: l?mp, IPA(key): /læmp/
- Rhymes: -æmp
Noun
lamp (plural lamps)
- A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
- A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:light source
Derived terms
- Davy lamp
- lamp post, lamppost
- table lamp
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: lam
- ? Korean: ?? (raempeu)
Translations
Verb
lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)
- (slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
- To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
- (slang) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
- To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.
References
- lamp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- MPLA, Palm, palm
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from ????? (lámp?, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh?p- (“glow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lamp/
Noun
lamp (plural lampe, diminutive lampje)
- lamp
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.
Noun
lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)
- (Sette Comuni) lamb
References
- “lamp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from ????? (lámp?, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh?p- (“glow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?mp/
- Hyphenation: lamp
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)
- lamp
- (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve
- Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lamp
- ? Japanese: ??? (ranpu)
- ? Malay: lampu
- Indonesian: lampu
Anagrams
- palm
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.
Noun
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
- lamp
Declension
Adjective
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
- (colloquial) random
- See on mingi lamp vend.
- He's some random dude.
- See on mingi lamp vend.
Declension
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).
Adjective
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
- flat (as in flat-footed)
- Joosepil on lampis jalad.
- Joosep has flat feet.
- Joosepil on lampis jalad.
Declension
Usage notes
Mostly used in the context of flat feet.
Middle English
Noun
lamp
- Alternative form of laumpe
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?mp/
Verb
lamp
- first/third-person singular present of limpan
Polish
Noun
lamp
- genitive plural of lampa
Scots
Verb
lamp (third-person singular present lamps, present participle lampin, past lampt, past participle lampt)
- (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
- (intransitive) To go jauntily.
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lamp
- lamp
Inflection
Derived terms
- avtolamp
- jauglamp
- lagilamp
- seinlamp
- lampankatuz
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????, ??????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh
Etymology
English lamp
Noun
lamp f (plural lampau, not mutable)
- lamp
Synonyms
- llusern
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bamp
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Short for bampot?”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæmp/
Noun
bamp (plural bamps)
- (Tyneside, derogatory) An idiotic and ill-mannered person.
Synonyms
- fuckwit
- idiot
- imbecile
- twat
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