Luke
Meaning
hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.)
Synonyms
Lukentür
Gangway
Mansardenfenster
Dachluke
Deckenfenster
Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈluːkə/
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German lūke, from Old Saxon lūkan (“to close”). Cognate with Dutch luik (“hatch”) and more distantly with German Loch (“hole”) and Lücke (“gap”).
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