lampe

See also: Lampe and lampé

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lampi, from Middle Low German lampe, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lampə/, [ˈlɑmb̥ə]

Noun

lampe c (singular definite lampen, plural indefinite lamper)

1. lamp (electric or oil)

Inflection

Declension of lampe

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lampe	lampen	lamper	lamperne
genitive	lampes	lampens	lampers	lampernes

Derived terms

• advarselslampe c
• alabastlampe c
• blitzlampe c
• blæselampe c
• bordlampe c
• buelampe c
• glimlampe c
• glødelampe c
• halogenlampe c
• kiplampe c
• klemlampe c
• kontrollampe c
• kulbuelampe c
• kvartslampe c
• lampefeber c
• lampeskærm c
• læselampe c
• natlampe c
• petroleumslampe c
• standerlampe c
• stålampe c
• svinglampe c
• tranlampe c
• vågelampe c

 

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃p/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Old French lampe, from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp, flambeau”).

Noun

lampe f (plural lampes)

1. lamp, light
2. bulb

Derived terms

• lampe de poche

Etymology 2

See lamper.

Verb

lampe

1. first-person singular present indicative of lamper
2. third-person singular present indicative of lamper
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lamper
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of lamper
5. second-person singular imperative of lamper

Anagrams

• palme, palmé

Further reading

• “lampe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

---

Interlingue

Noun

1. lamp

---

Italian

Noun

lampe f

1. plural of lampa

Anagrams

• palme

---

Middle English

Noun

lampe

1. Alternative form of laumpe

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lampi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɑmpe/

Noun

lampe f or m (definite singular lampa or lampen, indefinite plural lamper, definite plural lampene)

1. a lamp

Derived terms

• gasslampe
• lampeskjerm
• leselampe
• oljelampe
• varsellampe

 

References

• “lampe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lampi

Noun

lampe m (definite singular lampen, indefinite plural lampar, definite plural lampane)
lampe f (definite singular lampa, indefinite plural lamper, definite plural lampene)

1. a lamp

Derived terms

• gasslampe
• lampeskjerm
• leselampe
• oljelampe
• varsellampe

 

References

• “lampe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

---

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp, flambeau”).

Noun

lampe oblique singular, f (oblique plural lampes, nominative singular lampe, nominative plural lampes)

1. lamp (device designed to produce light)
   • circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 437:

     .V. foles en i out, en lur lampes nent n'i out;

     There were five crazy women, they had nothing in their lamps

Descendants

• French: lampe
• Walloon: lampe
• → Middle English: laumpe, lampe, lamp, lompe, lawmpe, lamppe
  • English: lamp
    • Tok Pisin: lam
    • → Korean: 램프 (raempeu)
  • Scots: lamp
• → Irish: lampa
• → Italian: lampa
  • → Egyptian Arabic: لمبة (lamba)
  • → Greek: λάμπα (lámpa)
• → Middle Dutch: lampe
  • Dutch: lamp
    • Afrikaans: lamp
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: lampu
    • Jersey Dutch: lāmp
    • Negerhollands: lamp
    • → Japanese: ランプ (ranpu)
    • → Malay: lampu
      • Indonesian: lampu
        • → Petjo: lampoe
    • → Papiamentu: lampi
    • → Sranan Tongo: lampu
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: lamphu
      • → Kari'na: lampu
      • → Lokono: lampu
      • → Trió: rama
• → Middle High German: lampe
  • German: Lampe (see there for further descendants)
  • Yiddish: לאָמפּ (lomp)
• → Middle Low German: lampe
  • → Estonian: lamp
  • → Old Norse: lampi
    • Danish: lampe
      • → Faroese: lampa
    • Icelandic: lampi
    • Norwegian: lampe
    • Swedish: lampa
      • → Finnish: lamppu
  • → Veps: lamp

---

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlampe/ [ˈlãm.pe]

Verb

lampe

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lampar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lampar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lampar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lampar.