different between lamper vs lampern

English

Etymology 1

lamp +? -er

Noun

lamper (plural lampers)

1. One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.

   Synonyms: jacklighter, spotlighter

Etymology 2

Noun

lamper (plural lampers)

1. (dialect) A lamprey.

Anagrams

• LaPerm, Marple, Palmer, ampler, palmer, relamp, repalm

Danish

Noun

lamper c

1. indefinite plural of lampe

French

Etymology

See laper (“to lap up”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??.pe/

Verb

lamper

1. (transitive) to quaff, to swig

Conjugation

Derived terms

• lampée

Further reading

• Bratchet, A. (1873) , “lamper”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lamper m or f

1. indefinite plural of lampe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lampar

Noun

lamper m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of lampe

English

Etymology

From Middle English laumproun, adopted from Old French lampreon, diminutive of lampreie (“lamprey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læmp??n/
• Hyphenation: lam?pern

Noun

lampern (plural lamperns)

1. The European river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis.
   • 1382, Wyclif's Bible, prologue to Job, page 671:

     […]if thou woldest an eel or a laumprun holde with streite hondis, how myche strengerli thou thristis, so myche the sunnere it shal sliden awey.

   • 1589, Thomas Coghan, Haven of Health (1636), page 165:

     LAmprayes or Lampurnes bee partly of the nature of Eeles[…].

   • 1799, John Price, The Worcester Guide, page 55:

     The Lampern is called Petromyzon Fluviatilis, becau?e this fi?h at certain ?ea?ons goes to the ?ea.

   • 1936, Charles Tate Regan, Natural History, Ward Lock, page 194:

     The Lampern, Lampetra fluviatilis, is white, with greenish back; it reaches a length of sixteen inches.

   • 1956, R. Morris, "The Osmoregulatory Ability of the Lampern (Lampetra fluviatilis L.) in Sea Water during the Course of Its Spawning Migration", Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 33, page 235:

     Lampetra fluviatilis (the lampern or river lamprey) undergoes a spawning migration in British rivers during the period between November and February, after which the animals spend from 4 to 6 months in fresh water prior to spawning.

Translations

References

• lampern in Oxford English Dictionary, volume VI, 1908
• lampern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Perlman