lumbre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūmine, singular ablative of lūmen, lūminis, from Proto-Italic *louksmən, from Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥. Compare Galician and Portuguese lume, Asturian llume, Italian lume.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlumbɾe/ [ˈlũm.bɾe]
• Rhymes: -umbɾe
• Syllabification: lum‧bre

Noun

lumbre f (plural lumbres)

1. combustible material
2. fire (matter that has produced or is capable of producing fire)
3. light produced by fire
4. luminosity, clearness

Related terms

• alumbrar
• columbrar
• deslumbrar
• lumbroso

 

Related terms

• iluminar

 

Further reading

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