different between lantern vs lampion

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic) lanthorn

Etymology

Middle English lanterne (13th century), via Old French lanterne from Latin lanterna (“lantern”), itself a corruption of Ancient Greek ??????? (lampt?r, “torch”) (see lamp, ????? (lámp?)) by influence of Latin lucerna (“lamp”). The spelling lanthorn was current during the 16th to 19th centuries and originates with a folk etymology associating the word with the use of horn as translucent cover. For the verb, compare French lanterner to hang at the lamppost.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?læn.t?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?læn.t?n/

Noun

lantern (plural lanterns)

1. A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
2. (theater) Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
3. (architecture) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 1:

     On such an afternoon, if ever, the Lord High Chancellor ought to be sitting here—as here he is—with a foggy glory round his head, softly fenced in with crimson cloth and curtains, addressed by a large advocate with great whiskers, a little voice, and an interminable brief, and outwardly directing his contemplation to the lantern in the roof, where he can see nothing but fog.

4. (architecture) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
5. (architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.

   the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral

6. (engineering) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
7. (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern brass.
8. (rail transport) A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
9. (metalworking) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
10. (zoology) Aristotle's lantern

Descendants

• ? Irish: laindéar
• ? Hindi: ?????? (l?l?en)
• ? Malay: lentera
  • Indonesian: lentera
• ? Telugu: ?????? (l?ntaru)

Derived terms

• lantern slide
• magic lantern

Translations

Verb

lantern (third-person singular simple present lanterns, present participle lanterning, simple past and past participle lanterned)

1. (transitive) To furnish with a lantern.

   to lantern a lighthouse

See also

• lamp
• torch

Anagrams

• trannel

Middle English

Noun

lantern

1. Alternative form of lanterne

English

Etymology

From French lampion, from Italian lampione, from lampa.

Noun

lampion (plural lampions)

1. A small oil lamp.

Translations

Czech

Alternative forms

• lampión

Noun

lampion m

1. paper lantern

Further reading

• lampion in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• lampion in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Italian lampione.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??.pj??/

Noun

lampion m (plural lampions)

1. Chinese lantern

Further reading

• “lampion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?mpijon]
• Hyphenation: lam?pi?on
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

lampion (plural lampionok)

1. lampion, Chinese paper lantern

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch lampion, from French lampion, from Italian lampione, from lampa. Doublet of lampu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lam?pi?n]
• Hyphenation: lam?pi?on

Noun

lampion (first-person possessive lampionku, second-person possessive lampionmu, third-person possessive lampionnya)

1. paper lantern

   Synonym: tanglung

Further reading

• “lampion” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English lampion, from French.

Noun

lampion m (plural lampions)

1. (Jersey) light bulb

Synonyms

• lampion êlectrique

Polish

Etymology

From French lampion, from Italian lampione.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lam.p??n/

Noun

lampion m inan (diminutive lampionik)

1. Chinese lantern

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) lampionowy

Further reading

• lampion in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lampion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French lampion.

Noun

lampion n (plural lampioane)

1. Chinese lantern

Declension