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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)

1. (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.
2. (anatomy) The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
3. (botany) The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.
4. (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

1. lumen (unit of luminous flux)

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

lumen m anim

1. 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

1. (physics, anatomy, botany, medicine) lumen

Declension

Alternative forms

• luumen

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lumen/, [?lume?n]
• Rhymes: -umen
• Syllabification: lu?men

Noun

lumen

1. genitive singular of lumi

Anagrams

• lemun, melun

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.m?n/

Noun

lumen m (plural lumens)

1. (physics) lumen (SI unit of measurement)
2. (anatomy) lumen
3. (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

1. light, source of light
2. (poetic) the eyes
3. (poetic) daylight
4. (poetic) brightness
5. (poetic) the light of life
6. An opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or a window.
7. The opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel
8. (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

1. lumen (SI-unit)
2. (archaic) display, explanation

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen, French lumen. Doublet of the inherited lume.

Noun

lumen m (plural lumeni)

1. (physics) lumen (SI unit of measurement)

Noun

lumen n (plural lumene)

1. (anatomy) lumen

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen. Doublet of the inherited lumbre.

Noun

lumen m (plural lúmenes)

1. lumen

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen.

Noun

lumen

1. lumen (singular and plural)

Anagrams

• mulen, mulne

English

Etymology

Named after Scottish engineer James Watt. For the surname, see Watt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w?t/
• (US) enPR: wät, IPA^(key): /w?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophones: wat, wot, what (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

watt (plural watts)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• watt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ATWT, at. wt., twat

Asturian

Etymology

From English watt

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

Synonyms

• vatiu

Czech

Noun

watt m

1. watt (unit of power)

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??t], [??t]
• Homophones: wad, wat

Noun

watt m (plural watts, diminutive wattje n)

1. watt

French

Etymology

From English watt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wat/
• Homophone: ouate

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt

Further reading

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

Galician

Noun

watt m (plural [please provide])

1. watt

Synonyms

• vatio

Hungarian

Etymology

From English watt, named after Scottish engineer James Watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?t?]
• Hyphenation: watt
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

watt (plural wattok)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• watt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From English watt

Noun

watt m (invariable)

1. watt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

Noun

watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattene)

1. a watt (SI unit of power, symbol W)

Derived terms

• kilowatt
• megawatt
• wattsekund

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after the Scottish engineer James Watt.

Noun

watt m (definite singular watten, indefinite plural watt, definite plural wattane)

1. a watt (as above)

Derived terms

• wattsekund

Portuguese

Etymology

From English watt

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt (derived unit of power)

Romanian

Etymology

From French watt.

Noun

watt m (plural wa?i)

1. watt

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vatio

Etymology

From English watt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wat/, [?wat?]

Noun

watt m (plural watts)

1. watt

Swedish

Etymology

Named after Scottish engineer James Watt; for the surname see Watt.

Noun

watt c

1. watt