different between lucy vs lucifer

English

Etymology

From Latin l?cius.

Noun

lucy (plural lucies)

1. (archaic) The pike (a kind of fish).
   • 1895, The Gentleman's Magazine, January to June issue, pg. 38:

     That a lucy or luce is the mature pike, every piscatorial schoolboy knows.

English

Etymology

Originally a brand name for matches made by Samuel Jones from 1830, soon used generically for self-igniting matches of any brand. From lucifer (“bringer of light”)

Noun

lucifer (plural lucifers)

1. (Britain, archaic) A self-igniting match, ie. one which could be lit by striking on any surface (as opposed to safety matches which only light against the material on the side of the box).
   • 1915, George Asaf, song Pack up your Troubles

     While you’ve a lucifer to light your fag,
     Smile, boys, that’s the style.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: lucifer

Anagrams

• ferulic

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lucifer, from Latin l?cifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ly.si?f?r/
• Hyphenation: lu?ci?fer

Noun

lucifer m (plural lucifers, diminutive lucifertje n)

1. match

Synonyms

• (East and West Flanders, dialectical) stekske

Derived terms

• luciferboekje
• luciferdoos
• luciferkop
• strijklucifer
• veiligheidslucifer

Latin

Etymology

From l?x, l?cis (“light”) +? -i- +? -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lu?.ki.fer/, [???u?k?f?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lu.t??i.fer/, [?lu?t??if?r]

Adjective

l?cifer (feminine l?cifera, neuter l?ciferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. light-bringing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

References

• lucifer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lucifer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lucifer in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• lucifer in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lucifer in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray