lumbre
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish lumbre, lumne (first attested in Cantar de mio Cid), from Latin lūmen, from Proto-Italic *louksmən, from Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥. Compare Galician, Portuguese, and Italian lume, Asturian llume. Doublet of the borrowed lumen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lumbre f (plural lumbres)
- combustible material
- fire (matter that has produced or is capable of producing fire)
- light produced by fire
- luminosity, clearness
- Synonyms: luminosidad, claridad
Related terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lumbre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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- Rhymes:Spanish/umbɾe
- Rhymes:Spanish/umbɾe/2 syllables
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- es:Fire