lamp

(Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Verb

1. (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
2. (Ireland, UK) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
3. (US, slang) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
4. To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/læmp/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: laumpe

Συγγενές με Λιθουανικά: lópė

Συγγενές με Ουαλικά: llachar

Συγγενές με Παλαιά Αγγλικά: lēohtfæt

In summary

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-vat”).

Έννοιες

λάμπα

λυχνία

φανός

λυχνάρι

λαμπτήρας

αρνί

ηλεκτρικός λαμπτήρας

’laba

’ɣlobos

λύχνος

Συνώνυμα

light

lantern

🏮

torch

candle

🕯️

flashlight

🔦

light bulb

cresset

flame

lights

lamplight

arc light

oil lamp

pharos

electric light

sheep

🐑

soot

valve

wick

kerosene lamp

light fire

small lamp

electricity

night ornament

wick lamp

illuminating apparatus

artificial light

kerosene lantern

burner

energy

gas lamp

glow

illumination

illuminator

kerosene

lamp oil

lighter

lighthouse

lighting

light source

look