different between luce vs lucet

English

Etymology

From Old French lus, luis, from Latin l?cius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lu?s/

Homophone: loose

• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

luce (plural luces)

1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Translations

Anagrams

• clue, leuc-

Italian

Etymology

From Latin l?cem, accusative form of l?x (“light”), from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“bright; white”). Doublet of the borrowed lux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu.t??e/
• Hyphenation: lù?ce

Noun

luce f (plural luci)

1. light (visible electromagnetic wave; electrical device providing light)
2. clearance
3. span (engineering)

Related terms

• dare alla luce, mettere in buona luce, mettere in cattiva luce, portare alla luce, venire alla luce, alla luce di
• lucere
• lucerna
• lucido
• Lucifero
• lucifero
• velocità della luce
• luci della ribalta, a luci rosse, luce di arresto, luce di posizione
• lucore

Verb

luce

1. third-person singular present indicative of lucere

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lu?.ke/, [???u?k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lu.t??e/, [?lu?t???]

Noun

l?ce f

1. ablative singular of l?x

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lu?.ke?/, [???u?ke?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lu.t??e/, [?lu?t???]

Verb

l?c?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of l?ce?

References

• luce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luce in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu.t?s?/

Noun

luce f

1. dative/locative singular of luka

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?lu?e/, [?lu.?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?luse/, [?lu.se]

Verb

luce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lucir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lucir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lucir.

English

Alternative forms

• lucette

Etymology

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Noun

lucet (plural lucets)

1. A device for making braided cord.
   • 1956, Country Life

     Lucets were used for making cords.

   • 1993, Sue Margeson, Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations, 1971-1978, East Anglian Archaeology ?ISBN

     ... a narrow chain-stitch cord of the same brass-covered thread, of the simplest type made with the fingers or a lucet.

   • 1998, Elaine Fuller, Kirstine Nikolajsen, Lucet Braiding: Variations on a Renaissance Cord ?ISBN
   • 2008, Shannon Okey, How to Knit in the Woods, Skipstone ?ISBN, page 98

     Using Lucet tool or DPNs, make Lucet cord ...

Anagrams

• Clute, culet

Latin

Verb

l?cet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of l?ce?

References

• lucet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lucet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette