lamp
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, borrowed from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Replaced Middle English leohtfet, lihtfat (“lamp, sconce, candlestick”), from Old English lēohtfæt (“lamp, lantern, torch, light”, literally “light-vat, light-vessel”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lămp, IPA(key): /læmp/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æmp
NounEdit
lamp (plural lamps)
- A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
- A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:light source
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
device producing light
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oil device producing light
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piece of furniture
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VerbEdit
lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)
- (slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
- To hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping.
- (slang) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
ReferencesEdit
- lamp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lamp (plural lampe, diminutive lampje)
CimbrianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.
NounEdit
lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)
ReferencesEdit
- “lamp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)
- lamp
- (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve
- Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis
Derived termsEdit
- aromalamp
- autolamp
- bedlamp
- bermlamp
- booglamp
- bouwlamp
- buislamp
- buitenlamp
- bureaulamp
- carbidlamp
- designlamp
- fietslamp
- flitslamp
- fotolamp
- gaslamp
- gloeilamp
- godslamp
- groeilamp
- hanglamp
- hoofdlamp
- keukenlamp
- knijplamp
- koplamp
- kroonlamp
- kwartslamp
- kwiklamp
- lampenfabriek
- lampenfabrikant
- lampenkap
- lamphouder
- lamplicht
- lampolie
- lavalamp
- ledlamp
- leeslamp
- looplamp
- mijnlamp
- mistlamp
- muurlamp
- nachtlamp
- neonlamp
- olielamp
- partylamp
- pillamp
- radiolamp
- remlamp
- schaarlamp
- waterstoflamp
- xenonlamp
DescendantsEdit
AnagramsEdit
EstonianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.
NounEdit
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lamp (type riik)
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | lamp | lambid |
| genitive | lambi | lampide |
| partitive | lampi | lampe / lampisid |
| illative | lampi / lambisse | lampidesse |
| inessive | lambis | lampides |
| elative | lambist | lampidest |
| allative | lambile | lampidele |
| adessive | lambil | lampidel |
| ablative | lambilt | lampidelt |
| translative | lambiks | lampideks |
| terminative | lambini | lampideni |
| essive | lambina | lampidena |
| abessive | lambita | lampideta |
| comitative | lambiga | lampidega |
AdjectiveEdit
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
- (colloquial) random
- See on mingi lamp vend.
- He's some random dude.
- See on mingi lamp vend.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lamp (type riik)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lamp | lambid |
| genitive | lambi | lampide |
| partitive | lampi | lampe / lampisid |
| illative | lampi / lambisse | lampidesse |
| inessive | lambis | lampides |
| elative | lambist | lampidest |
| allative | lambile | lampidele |
| adessive | lambil | lampidel |
| ablative | lambilt | lampidelt |
| translative | lambiks | lampideks |
| terminative | lambini | lampideni |
| essive | lambina | lampidena |
| abessive | lambita | lampideta |
| comitative | lambiga | lampidega |
Etymology 2Edit
Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).
AdjectiveEdit
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
- flat (as in flat-footed)
- Joosepil on lampis jalad.
- Joosep has flat feet.
- Joosepil on lampis jalad.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lamp (type riik)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lamp | lambid |
| genitive | lambi | lampide |
| partitive | lampi | lampe / lampisid |
| illative | lampi / lambisse | lampidesse |
| inessive | lambis | lampides |
| elative | lambist | lampidest |
| allative | lambile | lampidele |
| adessive | lambil | lampidel |
| ablative | lambilt | lampidelt |
| translative | lambiks | lampideks |
| terminative | lambini | lampideni |
| essive | lambina | lampidena |
| abessive | lambita | lampideta |
| comitative | lambiga | lampidega |
Usage notesEdit
Mostly used in the context of flat feet.
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
lamp
- Alternative form of laumpe
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
lamp
PolishEdit
NounEdit
lamp
ScotsEdit
VerbEdit
lamp (third-person singular present lamps, present participle lampin, past lampt, past participle lampt)
- (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
- (intransitive) To go jauntily.
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
lamp
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of lamp | |||
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| nominative sing. | lamp | ||
| genitive sing. | lampan | ||
| partitive sing. | lampad | ||
| partitive plur. | lampoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lamp | lampad | |
| accusative | lampan | lampad | |
| genitive | lampan | lampoiden | |
| partitive | lampad | lampoid | |
| essive-instructive | lampan | lampoin | |
| translative | lampaks | lampoikš | |
| inessive | lampas | lampoiš | |
| elative | lampaspäi | lampoišpäi | |
| illative | ? | lampoihe | |
| adessive | lampal | lampoil | |
| ablative | lampalpäi | lampoilpäi | |
| allative | lampale | lampoile | |
| abessive | lampata | lampoita | |
| comitative | lampanke | lampoidenke | |
| prolative | lampadme | lampoidme | |
| approximative I | lampanno | lampoidenno | |
| approximative II | lampannoks | lampoidennoks | |
| egressive | lampannopäi | lampoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | ? | lampoihesai | |
| terminative II | lampalesai | lampoilesai | |
| terminative III | lampassai | — | |
| additive I | ? | lampoihepäi | |
| additive II | lampalepäi | lampoilepäi | |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “лампа, светильник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
lamp f (plural lampau, not mutable)