luce

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) lus, (deprecated template usage) luis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) lūcius.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /luːs/

Noun

luce (plural luces)

1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:

     As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench [...].

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) lūx, lucem.

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Noun

luce f (plural luci)

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

Related terms

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

Verb

luce

1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular present indicative of lucere

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Latin

Noun

lūce f

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) ablative singular of lux

Verb

(deprecated template usage) lūcē

1. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative of lūceō

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Spanish

Verb

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.