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lumen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lumen (“light, an opening”). Use as a unit was first adopted by French physicist André Blondel in 1894.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?lu?m?n/
- (General American) enPR: lo?o?m?n, IPA(key): /?lum?n/
- Rhymes: -u?m?n
- Hyphenation: lu?men
Noun
lumen (plural lumens or lumina)
- (physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
- (anatomy) The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
- (botany) The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.
- (medicine) The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter.
Derived terms
- lumenal
- lumenless
- lumen second
Related terms
- candela
- luminal
- lux
Translations
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lum?n]
- Hyphenation: lu?men
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin lumen.
Noun
lumen m inan
- lumen (unit of luminous flux)
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
lumen m anim
- capable talented person
Declension
Further reading
- lumen in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- lumen in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin lumen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu(?)men/, [?lu(?)me?n]
- Rhymes: -umen
- Syllabification: lu?men
Noun
lumen
- (physics, anatomy, botany, medicine) lumen
Declension
Alternative forms
- luumen
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lumen/, [?lume?n]
- Rhymes: -umen
- Syllabification: lu?men
Noun
lumen
- genitive singular of lumi
Anagrams
- lemun, melun
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lumen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ly.m?n/
Noun
lumen m (plural lumens)
- (physics) lumen (SI unit of measurement)
- (anatomy) lumen
- (botany) lumen
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn?, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).
Equivalent to l?x +? -men.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?lu?.men/, [???u?m?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?lu.men/, [?lu?m?n]
Noun
l?men n (genitive l?minis); third declension
- light, source of light
- (poetic) the eyes
- (poetic) daylight
- (poetic) brightness
- (poetic) the light of life
- An opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or a window.
- The opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel
- (figuratively) a luminary, star, light (a most distinguished person)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- lumen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lumen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lumen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- lumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lumen.
Noun
lumen m inan
- lumen (SI-unit)
- (archaic) display, explanation
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lumen, French lumen. Doublet of the inherited lume.
Noun
lumen m (plural lumeni)
- (physics) lumen (SI unit of measurement)
Noun
lumen n (plural lumene)
- (anatomy) lumen
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lumen. Doublet of the inherited lumbre.
Noun
lumen m (plural lúmenes)
- lumen
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lumen.
Noun
lumen
- lumen (singular and plural)
Anagrams
- mulen, mulne
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luna
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin l?na (“moon; month; crescent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu?n?/
- Homophones: lunar, looner (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
luna (plural lunas)
- (entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
- 1944, Elizabeth Enright, Then There Were Five,[1] Farrar & Rinehart, page 80:
- “Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!”
- 1969, Sterling North, “An Introduction to Butterflies and Moths”, in Boys’ Life, May 1969 issue, Boy Scouts of America, page 64:
- On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.
- 2010, Sally Roth (contributor), in Judy Pray (compiler), Garden Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., ?ISBN, page 348:
- Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.
- 1944, Elizabeth Enright, Then There Were Five,[1] Farrar & Rinehart, page 80:
- (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]
- 1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494:
- The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […]
- 1917, John F. Sullivan, The Externals of the Catholic Church, BiblioLife, LLC (2009), ?ISBN, pages 115–116:
- This receptacle is called a “luna” or “lunula” (a moon, or a little moon), and has glass on either side, so that the Host may be seen when enclosed therein. […] ¶ […] ¶ The ciborium, the pyx and luna of the ostensorium are blessed with a simpler formula than that used for the chalice, and […] ¶ […] ¶ The chalice, the paten, the luna and the pyx are sacred things, true sacramentals, and are worthy of deepest reverence; for […]
- 2007, John Trigilio and Kenneth Brighenti, The Catholicism Answer Book: The 300 Most Frequently Asked Questions, Sourcebooks, Inc., ?ISBN, page 156:
- The luna, which is a piece of glass in the shape of a moon, contains the Blessed Sacrament, previously consecrated. The luna is then placed in the middle of the sunburst of the monstrance.
- 1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494:
Synonyms
- (glass holder): lunette, lunula
Etymology 2
From Hawaiian luna (“leader; supervisor”).
Noun
luna (plural luna or lunas)
- (Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
- 1922, U. G. Murphy, “The Japanese Problem in Hawaii: How the Task of Christianizing and Americanizing the Oriental is Progressing”, in The Friend, Volume 91, Number 6 (June 1922) page 130:
- There are several reasons why the Hawaiian-born Japanese boys and girls do not take kindly to plantation labor, but one of the chief reasons is the objection to the kind of lunas who oversee the work of the laborers.
- 1959, James Michener, Hawaii (novel),[2] Fawcett Crest (1986), ?ISBN, page 737:
- […] haoles could not visualize Chinese or Japanese in positions of authority. And from sad experience, the great plantation owners had discovered that the Americans they could get to serve as lunas were positively no good. Capable Americans expected office jobs and incapable ones were unable to control the Oriental […]
- 1922, U. G. Murphy, “The Japanese Problem in Hawaii: How the Task of Christianizing and Americanizing the Oriental is Progressing”, in The Friend, Volume 91, Number 6 (June 1922) page 130:
Usage notes
- This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.
References
Anagrams
- Alun, An-lu, Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin l?na.
Noun
luna f (plural lunas)
- moon
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “luna”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN
Cebuano
Etymology
cf. Malay duma
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lu?nâ
Noun
luna
- one's proper place under the sun
- room, accommodation
Verb
luna
- pahi~ - to put things in order
Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish luna (“moon”).
Noun
luna
- moon
Czech
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic ???? (luna), from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognates include Latin luna, Ancient Greek ?????? (lúkhnos), Old Prussian lauxnos and Middle Irish luan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?luna]
Noun
luna f
- moon
Declension
Synonyms
- m?síc
Related terms
- lunární
Further reading
- luna in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- luna in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Esperanto
Etymology
From luno (“moon”) +? -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?luna/
- Hyphenation: lun?a
- Rhymes: -una
Adjective
luna (accusative singular lunan, plural lunaj, accusative plural lunajn)
- (astronomy) lunar
Interlingua
Noun
luna (plural lunas)
- moon
Italian
Etymology
From Luna, from Latin l?na, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksn?, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh?, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).
Cognates include Armenian ?????? (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lun?, Russian ????? (luná)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu.na/
- Rhymes: -una
- Homophone: Luna
- Hyphenation: lù?na
Noun
luna f (plural lune)
- (colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Luna) a natural satellite
- Synonym: satellite naturale
- (archaic, literary) a month, moon
- (archaic, figuratively, by extension) a time of the year
- (alchemy) silver
- (heraldry) a full moon (as opposed to a crescent)
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
- ulna
Latin
Alternative forms
- L?na (for the sense "the Moon")
Etymology
From Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksn?, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh?, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ???? (luna).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?lu?.na/, [???u?nä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?lu.na/, [?lu?n?]
Noun
l?na f (genitive l?nae); first declension
- the Moon
- (figuratively) a month
- (figuratively) a night
- a crescent shape
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Balkan-Romance:
- Aromanian: lunã
- Istro-Romanian: lur?
- Romanian: lun?
- Balkan-Romance:
- Southern Romance:
- Sardinian: luna
- Western Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: lena
- Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: lünn-a
- Lombard: lüna, löna
- Piedmontese: lun-a
- Occitano-Romance:
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: lluna
- Occitan: luna
- Old Occitan:
- Oïl:
- Old French: lune
- French: lune
- Bourguignon: leugne
- Walloon: lune
- Old French: lune
- Raeto-Romance:
- Friulian: lune
- Romansch: glina
- Ibero-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: luna
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: lluna
- Extremaduran: luna
- Leonese: lluna
- Mirandese: lhuna
- Old Portuguese: l?a
- Galician: lúa
- Portuguese: lua
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: lua
- Kabuverdianu: lua
- Papiamentu: luna
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: luna
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: luna
- Italian: luna
- Neapolitan: luna
- Sicilian: luna
- Tarantino: lune
- Venetian: ?una
- Dalmatian: loina
- Mozarabic:
- Arabic: ??????? (?una)
- Hebrew: ?????? (?una)
- Gallo-Romance:
- Non-Romance:
- English: lune, luna
- Danish: lune
- German: Laune
See also
- noctil?ca
References
- luna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- luna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
- luna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- luna in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- luna in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Lindu
Noun
luna
- pillow
Middle English
Noun
luna (uncountable)
- Alternative form of lune
References
- “luna, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin l?na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu?.na/
- (Naples) IPA(key): [?lu?n?]
- (Central Apulia) IPA(key): [?lu?n? ? ?lown? ? ?l??n?]
- (Eastern Abruzzo) IPA(key): [?lu?n? ? ?lown? ? ?l??n?] IPA(key): [?ly?n? ? ?li?n?]
Noun
luna f (plural lune)
- moon
Occitan
Alternative forms
- lua
- luno (Provence)
Etymology
From Old Occitan luna, from Latin l?na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lyno]
Noun
luna f (plural lunas)
- moon
Papiamentu
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish luna (“moon”).
Noun
luna
- moon
- month
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lunà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu.na/
Noun
luna f
- (archaic) moon
- Synonyms: ksi??yc, miesi?c
Declension
Related terms
- (nouns) lunatyk, luneta
Further reading
- luna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Noun
luna f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of lun?
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lunà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu?na/
Noun
luna f (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (dated, now rare) moon
Synonyms
- mesec/mjesec
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin l?na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?luna/
- Hyphenation: lù?na
Noun
luna f (plural luni)
- moon
Derived terms
- luniddì
- lunariari
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh?, from *lewk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?luna/
- Hyphenation: lu?na
Noun
luna f (genitive singular luny, nominative plural luny, genitive plural lún, declension pattern of žena)
- (archaic, poetic) moon
Declension
Synonyms
- mesiac
Derived terms
- lunárny
Further reading
- luna in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh?, from *lewk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lù?na/
Noun
lúna f
- moon
Inflection
Synonyms
- mésec
See also
- Lúna
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin l?na, from Proto-Italic *louksn?, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh?, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Galician lúa, Portuguese lua, Catalan lluna, French lune, Italian luna, Occitan luna and Romanian lun?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?luna/, [?lu.na]
Noun
luna f (plural lunas)
- moon
Derived terms
Related terms
- lunar
- lunático
Further reading
- “luna” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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