different between lucarne vs lucerne

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lucarne, from Germanic. See below.

Noun

lucarne (plural lucarnes)

1. (architecture) A dormer-window.

Anagrams

• crenula, nuclear, unclear

French

Etymology

From Middle French lucarne, luquarme, from Old French lucanne (“opening in the roof of a house, skylight, loft”), from Frankish *l?kinna (“opening closed by a valve, flap”), from Proto-Germanic *l?kinj? (“aperture, window”), from *l?kan? (“to lock, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Low German l?ke (“skylight, window”), Dutch luik (“trap door, shutter”), German Luke (“hatch, hatchway, skylight”). More at lock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.ka?n/

Noun

lucarne f (plural lucarnes)

1. dormer window
2. skylight
3. (soccer, colloquial) top corner of the net

Descendants

• ? Romanian: lucarn?

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lanceur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French luzerne.

Noun

lucerne (uncountable)

1. (Britain) Alfalfa.

Italian

Noun

lucerne f

1. plural of lucerna

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lucerna.

Noun

lucerne f (oblique plural lucernes, nominative singular lucerne, nominative plural lucernes)

1. lamp; torch (flame used to provide light)