Feminine
lamp
Meaning
- (feminine) lamp
- (feminine,informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɑmp/
Etymology
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”).
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