Luke

See also luke

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

English form of Latin Lucas, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukas, “man from Lucania”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /luk/, X-SAMPA: /luk/
• Rhymes: -uːk

Proper noun

Luke

1. A male given name.
   • 2005 Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743251636, page 94:

     "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.

2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Colossians 4:14:

     Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
4. A patronymic surname.

Related terms

• (given names) Luca, Lucas, Luka

surnames

Lock Locke Locket Lockett Lockey Lockie Lockitt Look Loukes Lucas Luck

Luckes Luckett Luckman Lucks Lugg Lukeman Lukes McLucas McLuckie McLugash

Translations

given name

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’)

  Hebrew: כרוזותא דלוקא (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’)

• Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Ġukas)

  Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas)

• Catalan: Lluc (ca)
• Czech: Lukáš (cs)
• Danish: Lukas (da)
• Dutch: Lukas (nl)
• Esperanto: Luko (eo)
• Estonian: Luukas (et)
• Finnish: Luukas (fi)
• French: Luc (fr)
• German: Lukas (de)
• Hawaiian: Luka
• Hungarian: Lukács (hu)
• Irish: Lúcás (ga)
• Italian: Luca (it)

• Latin: Lucas (la)
• Lithuanian: Lukas (lt)
• Macedonian: Лука (mk) (Lúka)
• Maltese: Luqa (mt)
• Maori: Ruka (mi)
• Norwegian: Lukas (no)
• Persian: لوک (fa) (Luk)
• Polish: Łukasz (pl)
• Portuguese: Lucas (pt)
• Russian: Лука (ru) (Luka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лука (sh)

  Roman: Luka (sh)

• Spanish: Lucas (es)
• Swedish: Lukas (sv)
• Welsh: Luc (cy) m
• Wolof: Luug (wo)

evangelist

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ (Lūqā’)

  Hebrew: לוקא (Lūqā’)

• Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Ġukas)

  Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas)

• Catalan: Lluc (ca)
• Danish: Lukas (da)
• Dutch: Lucas (nl)
• Estonian: Luukas (et)
• Finnish: Luukas (fi)

• French: Luc (fr)
• German: Lukas (de)
• Greek: Λουκας (el) (Loukas)
• Hawaiian: Luka
• Macedonian: Лука (mk) (Lúka)
• Norwegian: Lukas (no)
• Spanish: Lucas (es)
• Swedish: Lukas (sv)
• Welsh: Luc (cy) m
• Wolof: Luug (wo)

gospel of Luke

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ (Lūqā’)

  Hebrew: לוקא (Lūqā’)

• Catalan: Lluc (ca)
• Danish: Lukasevangeliet (da); Luk
• Dutch: Evangelie naar Lucas
• Finnish: Luukkaan evankeliumi; Luuk.

• French: Évangile selon Luc; Lc
• German: Das Evangelium nach Lukas; Lk
• Japanese: ルカによる福音書 (ruka ni yoro fukuinsho)
• Macedonian: Евангелие според Лука (Evangélie spóred Lúka) n
• Norwegian: Evangeliet etter Lukas; Luk
• Swedish: Lukasevangeliet (sv); Luk.
• Welsh: Luc (cy) m, Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Luc (cy) f

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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Luke f (genitive Luke, plural Luken)

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