lamp
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, 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 *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light container”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lămp, IPA(key): /læmp/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [lɛəmp], [leəmp], [lɛːmp]
- Rhymes: -æmp
Noun edit
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.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:light source
Derived terms edit
- accountant's lamp
- Aldis lamp
- arc-lamp
- arc lamp
- argand lamp
- Argand lamp
- aroma lamp
- astral lamp
- banker lamp
- banker's lamp
- betty lamp
- betty-lamp
- Betty lamp
- blackout lamp
- blast lamp
- blowlamp
- butter lamp
- carbide lamp
- Carcel lamp
- chamber lamp
- coach lamp
- compact fluorescent lamp
- Cooper Hewitt lamp
- courtesy lamp
- Davy lamp
- desklamp
- desk lamp
- Döbereiner's lamp
- fairy lamp
- flashlamp
- floodlamp
- floor lamp
- fluorescent lamp
- foc's'le lamp
- fo'c's'le lamp
- fog lamp
- foglamp
- forecastle lamp
- fountain lamp
- Fresnel lamp
- frost lamp
- gas lamp
- Geordie lamp
- gig-lamp
- glow-lamp
- glowlamp
- halogen lamp
- hand-lamp
- hand lamp
- handlamp
- headlamp
- heat lamp
- Hefner lamp
- hurricane lamp
- hurricane lamp
- hydrogen lamp
- incandescent lamp
- infrared lamp
- lampblack
- lampboard
- lampbrush
- lamp bulb
- lamper
- lamp flora
- lamp fount
- lampful
- lamp harp
- lampholder
- lamphole
- lamp-iron
- lampist
- lampkeeper
- lampless
- lamplet
- lamplight
- lamplighted
- lamplighter
- lamplike
- lamplit
- lampmaker
- lampmaking
- lampman
- lamp-oil
- lamp-post
- lamp post, lamppost
- lamp room
- lamp-shade
- lampshade
- lamp shell
- lampstand
- lampware
- lamp-wick
- lampwick
- lampwork
- lampworker
- lava lamp
- magic lamp
- magnesium lamp
- mercury-vapor lamp
- mercury-vapour lamp
- metal halide lamp
- minilamp
- neon glow lamp
- neon lamp
- Nernst lamp
- nightlamp
- oil rain lamp
- opium lamp
- pet lamp-shade
- philosopher's lamp
- pilot lamp
- plasma lamp
- platinum lamp
- pocket lamp
- quartz halogen lamp
- quartz-iodine lamp
- quartz lamp
- rain lamp
- reading-lamp
- relamp
- ring lamp
- safety lamp
- Shabbat lamp
- sidelamp
- slave of the lamp
- slit lamp
- smell of the lamp
- sodium lamp
- sodium vapor lamp
- sodium vapour lamp
- solar lamp
- speedlamp
- spirit lamp
- standard lamp
- stop lamp
- street lamp
- street-lamp
- streetlamp
- sun lamp
- sunlamp
- table lamp
- taillamp, tail lamp
- Thomson's lamp
- Tilley lamp
- time lamp
- Wood's lamp
- xenon flash lamp
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)
- (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:
- All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.
- (UK, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
- (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
- 1988 June 28, “Cold Lampin' With Flavor” (track 4), in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back[1], performed by Public Enemy:
- I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays.
- To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.
References edit
- “lamp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.
Noun edit
lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)
References edit
- “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
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)
- lamp
- Zet je de lamp aan? ― Can you turn on the lamp?
- De lamp in de woonkamer is kapot. ― The lamp in the living room is broken.
- Ze heeft een nieuwe lamp voor haar bureau gekocht. ― She bought a new lamp for her desk.
- (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve
- Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis
Derived terms edit
- 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
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: lamp
- Berbice Creole Dutch: lampu
- Jersey Dutch: lāmp
- Negerhollands: lamp
- → Japanese: ランプ (ranpu)
- → Malay: lampu
- → Papiamentu: lampi
- → Sranan Tongo: lampu
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.
Noun edit
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
Declension edit
Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | lamp | lambid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lambi | ||
genitive | lampide | ||
partitive | lampi | lampe lampisid | |
illative | lampi lambisse |
lampidesse lambesse | |
inessive | lambis | lampides lambes | |
elative | lambist | lampidest lambest | |
allative | lambile | lampidele lambele | |
adessive | lambil | lampidel lambel | |
ablative | lambilt | lampidelt lambelt | |
translative | lambiks | lampideks lambeks | |
terminative | lambini | lampideni | |
essive | lambina | lampidena | |
abessive | lambita | lampideta | |
comitative | lambiga | lampidega |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Ingrian: lamppi
Adjective edit
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)
- (colloquial) random
- See on mingi lamp vend.
- He's some random dude.
Declension edit
Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | lamp | lambid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lambi | ||
genitive | lampide | ||
partitive | lampi | lampe lampisid | |
illative | lampi lambisse |
lampidesse lambesse | |
inessive | lambis | lampides lambes | |
elative | lambist | lampidest lambest | |
allative | lambile | lampidele lambele | |
adessive | lambil | lampidel lambel | |
ablative | lambilt | lampidelt lambelt | |
translative | lambiks | lampideks lambeks | |
terminative | lambini | lampideni | |
essive | lambina | lampidena | |
abessive | lambita | lampideta | |
comitative | lambiga | lampidega |
Etymology 2 edit
Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).
Adjective edit
lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)
- flat (as in flat-footed)
- Joosepil on lampis jalad.
- Joosep has flat feet.
Usage notes edit
Mostly used in the context of flat feet.
Declension edit
Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | lamp | lambid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | lambi | ||
genitive | lampide | ||
partitive | lampi | lampe lampisid | |
illative | lampi lambisse |
lampidesse lambesse | |
inessive | lambis | lampides lambes | |
elative | lambist | lampidest lambest | |
allative | lambile | lampidele lambele | |
adessive | lambil | lampidel lambel | |
ablative | lambilt | lampidelt lambelt | |
translative | lambiks | lampideks lambeks | |
terminative | lambini | lampideni | |
essive | lambina | lampidena | |
abessive | lambita | lampideta | |
comitative | lambiga | lampidega |
Middle English edit
Noun edit
lamp
- Alternative form of laumpe
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lamp
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lamp
Scots edit
Verb edit
lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lampin, simple past lampt, past participle lampt)
- (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
- (intransitive) To go jauntily.
Veps edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
lamp
Inflection edit
Inflection of lamp (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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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 | lampaha | 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 | lampahasai | lampoihesai | |
terminative II | lampalesai | lampoilesai | |
terminative III | lampassai | — | |
additive I | lampahapäi | lampoihepäi | |
additive II | lampalepäi | lampoilepäi |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лампа, светильник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lamp m or f (plural lampau, not mutable)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lamp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies