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

 

Estonian

Noun

lampe

1. partitive plural of lamp

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃p/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp, flambeau”).

Noun

lampe f (plural lampes)

1. lamp, light
2. bulb

Derived terms

• lampe à acétylène
• lampe à huile
• lampe à pétrole
• lampe à pied
• lampe à souder
• lampe Davy
• lampe de bureau
• lampe de poche
• lampe torche
• lampe-tempête
• s’en mettre plein la lampe

 

Descendants

• → Mango: lámbà

Etymology 2

See lamper.

Verb

lampe

1. inflection of lamper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• palme, palmé

Italian

Noun

lampe f

1. plural of lampa

Anagrams

• palme

Middle English

Noun

lampe

1. Alternative form of laumpe

Middle French

Etymology

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

Descendants

• French: lampe

References

• lampe on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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)
   • c. 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

• Middle French: lampe
  • 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]
• Rhymes: -ampe
• Syllabification: lam‧pe

Verb

lampe

1. inflection of lampar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative