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See also: Lamp, LAMP, and lãmp

English

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A desk lamp
A halogen lamp

Etymology

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Ancient Greek λᾰ́μπω (lắmpō)
Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō)
Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)
Ancient Greek λᾰμπᾰ́ς (lămpắs)
Byzantine Greek λαμπάδα (lampáda)bor.
Late Latin lampada
Old French lampebor.
Middle English laumpe
English lamp

    From Middle English laumpe, 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 *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).

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    Noun

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    lamp (plural lamps)

    1. A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
    2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
    3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
    4. (African-American Vernacular) An eye.

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    Descendants

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    • Tok Pisin: lam
    • → Korean: 램프 (raempeu)
    • → Pohnpeian: lamp

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    Verb

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

    1. (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
      • 2009 May 20, Margaret Wente, “We are witnessing the passing of working-class masculinity”, in The Globe and Mail‎[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2009:
        Another man said, “If someone [a customer][sic] gave me loads of hassle, I'd end up lamping them.” Several of them, in fact, had lost their jobs when they lamped the boss.
      • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:
        All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.
      • 2026 June 23, Will Walden, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian‎[2], →ISSN:
        [Boris Johnson] was furious, and I think what he really wanted to do was go back to London, and probably lamp Dominic Cummings, but I persuaded him not to do that.
    2. (UK, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
      Synonyms: (North America) jacklight, spotlight
    3. (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
      • 1988 June 28, “Cold Lampin' With Flavor” (track 4), in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back‎[3], performed by Public Enemy:
        I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays.
    4. (transitive) To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.

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    Afrikaans

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    Etymology

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    From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

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    lamp (plural lampe, diminutive lampje)

    1. lamp

    Cimbrian

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.

    Noun

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    lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)

    1. (Sette Comuni) lamb

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    • “lamp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

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    Noun

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    lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)

    1. lamp
      Zet je de lamp aan? ― Can you turn on the lamp?
      De lamp in de woonkamer is kapot. ― The lamp in the living room is broken.
      Ze heeft een nieuwe lamp voor haar bureau gekocht. ― She bought a new lamp for her desk.
    2. (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve
      Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis

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    Estonian

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    Etymology 1

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    From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.

    Noun

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    lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

    1. lamp
    Declension
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    Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative lamp lambid
    accusative nom.
    gen. lambi
    genitive lampide
    partitive lampi lampe
    lampisid
    illative lampi
    lambisse     		lampidesse
    lambesse
    inessive lambis lampides
    lambes
    elative lambist lampidest
    lambest
    allative lambile lampidele
    lambele
    adessive lambil lampidel
    lambel
    ablative lambilt lampidelt
    lambelt
    translative lambiks lampideks
    lambeks
    terminative lambini lampideni
    essive lambina lampidena
    abessive lambita lampideta
    comitative lambiga lampidega
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    Adjective

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    lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)

    1. (colloquial) random
      See on mingi lamp vend.
      He's some random dude.
    Declension
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    Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative lamp lambid
    accusative nom.
    gen. lambi
    genitive lampide
    partitive lampi lampe
    lampisid
    illative lampi
    lambisse     		lampidesse
    lambesse
    inessive lambis lampides
    lambes
    elative lambist lampidest
    lambest
    allative lambile lampidele
    lambele
    adessive lambil lampidel
    lambel
    ablative lambilt lampidelt
    lambelt
    translative lambiks lampideks
    lambeks
    terminative lambini lampideni
    essive lambina lampidena
    abessive lambita lampideta
    comitative lambiga lampidega

    Etymology 2

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    Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).

    Adjective

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    lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)

    1. flat (as in flat-footed)
      Joosepil on lampis jalad.
      Joosep has flat feet.
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    Mostly used in the context of flat feet.

    Declension
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    Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative lamp lambid
    accusative nom.
    gen. lambi
    genitive lampide
    partitive lampi lampe
    lampisid
    illative lampi
    lambisse     		lampidesse
    lambesse
    inessive lambis lampides
    lambes
    elative lambist lampidest
    lambest
    allative lambile lampidele
    lambele
    adessive lambil lampidel
    lambel
    ablative lambilt lampidelt
    lambelt
    translative lambiks lampideks
    lambeks
    terminative lambini lampideni
    essive lambina lampidena
    abessive lambita lampideta
    comitative lambiga lampidega

    Livonian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Lampe.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈlɑmp/, [ˈlɑmˑpˑ]

    Noun

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    lamp

    1. lamp

    Declension

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    Declension of lamp (94)
    singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
    nominative (nominatīv) lamp lāmpõd
    genitive (genitīv) lamp lāmpõd
    partitive (partitīv) lampõ lāmpidi
    dative (datīv) lampõn lāmpõdõn
    instrumental (instrumentāl) lampkõks lāmpõdõks
    illative (illatīv) lampõ lāmpiž
    inessive (inesīv) lampsõ lāmpis
    elative (elatīv) lampstõ lāmpist

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    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “lamp”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

    Middle English

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    Noun

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    lamp

    1. alternative form of laumpe

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    lamp

    1. first/third-person singular present of limpan

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    lamp

    1. genitive plural of lampa

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    lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lampin, simple past and past participle lampt)

    1. (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
    2. (intransitive) To go jauntily.

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    Noun

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    lamp

    1. lamp

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    Inflection of lamp (inflection type 5/sana)
    nominative sing. lamp
    genitive sing. lampan
    partitive sing. lampad
    partitive plur. lampoid
    singular plural
    nominative lamp lampad
    accusative lampan lampad
    genitive lampan lampoiden
    partitive lampad lampoid
    essive-instructive lampan lampoin
    translative lampaks lampoikš
    inessive lampas lampoiš
    elative lampaspäi lampoišpäi
    illative lampaha lampoihe
    adessive lampal lampoil
    ablative lampalpäi lampoilpäi
    allative lampale lampoile
    abessive lampata lampoita
    comitative lampanke lampoidenke
    prolative lampadme lampoidme
    approximative I lampanno lampoidenno
    approximative II lampannoks lampoidennoks
    egressive lampannopäi lampoidennopäi
    terminative I lampahasai lampoihesai
    terminative II lampalesai lampoilesai
    terminative III lampassai —
    additive I lampahapäi lampoihepäi
    additive II lampalepäi lampoilepäi

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    References

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    • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лампа, светильник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

    Welsh

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English lamp.

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    lamp f or m (plural lampau, not mutable)

    1. lamp
      Synonym: llusern

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    Further reading

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    • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “lamp”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[6], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
    • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “lamp”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “lamp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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