luz

See also: Luz, luź, and Lūž

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew לוּז‎ (luz, “almond”).

Noun

luz

1. A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.
2. The almond tree

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin lux.

Noun

luz f

1. light

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “luz”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, accusative of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluθ], (western) [ˈlus]

Noun

luz f (plural luces)

1. light
2. daylight

Derived terms

• lucecú
• luceiro

Related terms

• lucir

References

• “luz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “luz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “luz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “luz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “luz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lūcem, accusative of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).

Noun

luz f

2. light (medium within which vision is possible)

Descendants

descendants

• Galician: luz
• Portuguese: luz

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German los, from Old High German lōs, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lus/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: luz

Noun

luz m inan (diminutive luzik)

1. a spacious place
2. (colloquial) free time, leisure
3. (colloquial) ease (freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship)

   Synonym: swoboda

4. (colloquial) margin (in machine learning: distance from the data point to a decision boundary)

   Synonym: marża

5. (colloquial, automotive) idle (running a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is not in motion)

   Synonym: bieg jałowy

Declension

Declension of luz

	singular	plural
nominative	luz	luzy
genitive	luzu	luzów
dative	luzowi	luzom
accusative	luz	luzy
instrumental	luzem	luzami
locative	luzie	luzach
vocative	luzie	luzy

Derived terms

adjectives

• luzacki
• luźny

 

noun

• luzak

 

verbs

• poluźniać
• poluźnić
• rozluźniać
• rozluźnić

 

Related terms

adverbs

• luzacko
• luźnie
• luźno

 

Further reading

• luz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• luz in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Compare the borrowed doublet lux.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -us

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu(j)s/ [ˈlu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu(j)s/ [ˈlu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlu(j)ʃ/ [ˈlu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈluʃ/

• Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: luz

Noun

luz f (plural luzes)

2. light (medium within which vision is possible)
   • 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:

     É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.

     It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

4. light; light source (object that emits light)
6. (figurative) light; enlightenment (knowledge about things as they really are)
7. (colloquial) electricity

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:luz.

Derived terms

• à luz de
• dar à luz

Related terms

• lúcido
• lucífero
• luzerna
• lúzio
• luzir

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Compare the borrowed doublet lux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈluθ/ [ˈluθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈlus/ [ˈlus]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -uθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: luz

Noun

luz f (plural luces)

1. light

   la luz extinguida

   the extinguished light

2. (anatomy) lumen
3. (figurative, usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence

   Vas a llegar con menos luces.

   You're going to get there with less intellect.

4. (figurative) focus, point of view, understanding

   Debes verlo bajo una nueva luz.

   You must see it from a new point of view.

5. (electricity) electric power

   Se fue la luz.

   The lights went out. (There is a blackout.)

6. (architecture) span

Derived terms

• a buena luz
• a la luz de
• a media luz
• a plena luz del día
• a primera luz
• a toda luz; a todas luces
• aluzar
• año de luz
• año luz
• araña de luces
• arrojar luz
• bichito de luz
• bicho de luz
• Ciudad de la Luz
• cono de luz
• dar a luz
• disciplinante de luz
• entre dos luces
• gusano de luz
• hágase la luz
• lucecita
• lucero
• luces de avería
• luces de emergencia
• luces del norte
• luz antiniebla
• luz artificial
• luz blanca
• luz crepuscular
• luz de Bengala
• luz de carretera
• luz de cruce
• luz de freno
• luz de giro
• luz de luz
• luz natural
• luz negra
• luz solar
• luz trasera
• luz ultravioleta
• luz verde
• luz y sombra
• luz zodiacal
• mesa de luz
• patio de luces
• rayo de luz
• sable de luz
• salir a la luz
• servidumbre de luces
• toque de luz
• traje de luces
• velocidad de la luz

 

Related terms

• lucerna
• Lucía
• lúcido
• luciérnaga
• lucífero
• lucio
• Lucio
• lucir

 

Further reading

• “luz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014