lamp

See also LAMP

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lṓpē (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Replaced Middle English leohtfet, lihtfat (“lamp, sconce, candlestick”), from Old English lēohtfæt (“lamp, lantern, torch, light”, literally “light-vat, light-vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /læmp/ SAMPA: /l{mp/

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• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

lamp (plural lamps)

1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation
2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination
3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Derived terms

• Davy lamp

Translations

oil device producing light

Afrikaans: lamp (af) Arabic: مصباح (miṣbāḥ) Bosnian: svjetiljka (bs) f., fenjer (hr) m. Chinese: 燈, 灯 (dēng) Croatian: svjetiljka (hr) f., fenjer (hr) m. Czech: lampa (cs) f. Danish: lampe c., olielampe c. Dutch: lamp f. and m., olielamp f. and m. French: lampe (fr) f. German: Lampe (de) f., Öllampe (de) f. Greek: λάμπα (el) (lámpa) f. Hebrew: מנורה (he) (menorá) f. Hungarian: olajlámpa (hu), mécses (hu) Italian: lampada (it) f. Japanese: ランプ (ranpu), 明かり (あかり, akari) Kazakh: шам (kk) (şam)

Latin: lucerna (la) f., laterna (la) f. Norwegian: Bokmål: lampe (nb) m. and f. Nynorsk: lampe (nn) m. and f. Polish: lampa (pl) f. Portuguese: candeia (pt) f. Romanian: lampă (ro) f., lămpi (ro) f. pl. Russian: лампа (ru) (lámpa) f., светильник (ru) (sv'etíl'nik) m. Serbian: svetiljka (sr) f., lampa (sr) f. Sotho: lebone (st), lampi (st) Spanish: lámpara (es) f., candil (es) m. Swahili: taa (sw) Swedish: lampa (sv) c., oljelampa (sv) c. Turkish: lamba (tr), yağ lambası (tr) Walloon: lampe (wa) f., crasset (wa) m., lantiene (wa) f., kénket (wa) m. Welsh: lamp (cy) f.

electric device producing light

Afrikaans: lamp (af) Arabic: مصباح (miṣbāḥ) Bosnian: lampa (bs) f., svjetiljka (bs) f. Chinese: 燈, 灯 (dēng) Croatian: lampa (hr) f., svjetiljka (hr) f. Czech: lampa (cs) f. Danish: lampe (da) c. Dutch: lamp f. and m. French: lampe (fr) f. German: Lampe (de) f. Greek: λάμπα (el) (lámpa) f. Hungarian: lámpa (hu) Icelandic: lampi (is) m. Ido: lampo (io) Italian: lampada (it) f.

Japanese: ランプ (rampu), 明かり (あかり, akari), 灯 (とう, tō),電灯 (でんとう, dentō) Luxembourgish: Luucht (lb) f. Norwegian: lampe (no) Polish: lampa (pl) f. Portuguese: lâmpada (pt) Romanian: lampă (ro) f., lampă electrică (ro) f. Russian: лампа (ru) (lámpa) f. Serbian: svetiljka (sr) f., lampa (sr) f. Sotho: lebone (st), lampi (st) Spanish: lámpara (es) f. Swahili: taa (sw) Swedish: lampa (sv) Turkish: lamba (tr), ampul (tr) Walloon: lampe (wa) f. Welsh: lamp (cy) f., llusern (cy) f.

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Gujarati: દીપ (dīp) m., દીપક (dīpak) m., ચિરાગ઼ (ćirāg) m. Hindi: दिया (diyā) m., दीप (dīpa) m., दीपक (dīpak) m., चिराग़ (ćirāg) m. Kurdish: چرا Lithuanian: lempa f. Persian: چراغ (ćarāg)

Portuguese: lâmpada f. Tamil: vilakku/deepam Telugu: దీపం (dīpam), దివ్వె (divve) Urdu: دیا (diyā) m., دیپ (dīpa) m., دیپک (dīpak) m., چراغ (ćirāg) m.

Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)

1. (slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
2. to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
3. (slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular

Anagrams

• palm

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑmp
• IPA: /lɑmp/

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Noun

lamp f. and m. (plural lampen)

1. lamp

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• palm

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lamp/

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Verb

lamp

1. first-person singular present of limpan
2. third-person singular present of limpan

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Welsh

Noun

lamp f. (plural lampau) 

1. lamp

Synonyms

• llusern