luce
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uːs
Noun edit
luce (plural luces)
- The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench […].
Translations edit
Esox lucius
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
luce
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin lūcem (“light”), from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“bright; white”). Doublet of the borrowed lux.
Noun edit
luce f (plural luci)
- light (visible electromagnetic wave; electrical device providing light)
- clearance
- span (engineering)
Related terms edit
- dare alla luce, mettere in buona luce, mettere in cattiva luce, portare alla luce, venire alla luce, alla luce di
- lucere
- lucerna
- lucido
- Lucifero
- lucifero
- velocità della luce
- luci della ribalta, a luci rosse, luce di arresto, luce di posizione
- lucore
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
luce
Latin edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ke/, [ˈɫ̪uːkɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃe/, [ˈluːt͡ʃe]
Adverb edit
lūce (not comparable)
- by daylight
Noun edit
lūce f
Pronunciation 2 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.keː/, [ˈɫ̪uːkeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃe/, [ˈluːt͡ʃe]
Verb edit
lūcē
References edit
- “luce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luce”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luce f
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
luce f (plural luci)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈluθe/ [ˈlu.θe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈluse/ [ˈlu.se]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -uθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -use
- Syllabification: lu‧ce
Verb edit
luce
- inflection of lucir: