lanterna

See also: lanternă

Esperanto

Adjective

lanterna (accusative singular lanternan, plural lanternaj, accusative plural lanternajn)

1. of or related to lanterns

Related terms

• lanterno (“lantern”)

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: lanternas, lanternât

Verb

lanterna

1. third-person singular past historic of lanterner

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lanterna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanˈtɛr.na/

Noun

lanterna f (plural lanterne)

1. lantern (all senses)
2. lighthouse

Derived terms

• lanterna magica (“magic lantern”)

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Lantärne

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Latin

lanterna (a lantern)

Alternative forms

• lāterna

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr), from λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”), with influence from lucerna (“oil lamp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lanˈter.na/, [ɫ̪än̪ˈt̪ɛrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lanˈter.na/, [län̪ˈt̪ɛrnä]

• Audio (Classical):

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Noun

lanterna f (genitive lanternae); first declension

1. lantern, lamp
2. torch

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lanterna	lanternae
Genitive	lanternae	lanternārum
Dative	lanternae	lanternīs
Accusative	lanternam	lanternās
Ablative	lanternā	lanternīs
Vocative	lanterna	lanternae

Synonyms

• (lamp): lucerna

Derived terms

• lanternārius

Descendants

• → Asturian: llinterna
• → Catalan: llanterna
• → Galician: lanterna
• → Italian: lanterna
  • → Alemannic German: Lantärne
• Luxembourgish: Lanter
• → Middle High German: latërne
  • German: Laterne
  • Hunsrik: Latern
  • Pennsylvania German: Ladann
  • → Estonian: latern
  • → Latvian: laterna
  • → Polish: latarnia
  • → Slovene: laterna
• → Old French: lanterne
  • French: lanterne
    • → Danish: lanterne
    • → Dutch: lantaarn
    • → Norwegian: lanterne
    • → Romanian: lanternă
    • → Swedish: lanterna
  • Norman: lantèrne
  • Walloon: lantiene
  • → Middle English: lanterne, launterne, lantren, lantern
    • English: lantern, lanthorn (archaic)
      • → Irish: laindéar
      • → Hindi: लालटेन (lālṭen)
      • → Malay: lentera
        • Indonesian: lentera
      • → Telugu: లాంతరు (lāntaru)
    • Scots: lantern
• → Portuguese: lanterna
  • Papiamentu: lanterna
• → Spanish: linterna

References

• “lanterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lanterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lanterna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lanterna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lanterna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lanterna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lanternen

Noun

lanterna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lanterne

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lanterna f

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of lanterne

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Portuguese

lanterna

Etymology

From Latin lanterna (“lantern; lamp”), corruption of Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɐ̃.ˈtɛɻ.na/
• IPA^(key): /lɐ̃.ˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: lan‧ter‧na

Noun

lanterna f (plural s)

1. flashlight (battery-powered hand-held lightsource)
2. lantern (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light)
3. headlight (light in front of a vehicle)
4. lamp of a lighthouse
5. (architecture) roof lantern (type of cupola)
6. (Brazil, slang) the last place in a competition

lanterna m or f (plural s)

1. (Brazil, slang) the contestant in the last place of a competition

Synonyms

• (lantern): candeeiro, lâmpada, lampião
• (headlight): farol (Brazil)
• (last place): último lugar
• (contestant in the last place): lanterninha, último colocado

Antonyms

• (last place): primeiro lugar
• (contestant in the last place): primeiro colocado

Hypernyms

• (roof lantern): claraboia, cúpula

Holonyms

• (lamp of a lighthouse): farol

Related terms

• lanterneiro
• lanternim
• lanterninha

Descendants

• Papiamentu: lanterna

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lan‧ter‧na

Noun

lanterna c

1. lantern

Declension

Declension of lanterna
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lanterna	lanternan	lanternor	lanternorna
Genitive	lanternas	lanternans	lanternors	lanternornas