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lanterna

Meaning

  1. (feminine) flashlight (battery-powered hand-held lightsource)
  2. (feminine) lantern (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light)
  3. (feminine) headlight (light in front of a vehicle)
  4. (feminine) lamp of a lighthouse
  5. (feminine) roof lantern (type of cupola)
  6. (Brazil, feminine, slang) the last place in a competition

Concepts

lantern
🏮
flashlight
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torch
headlight
flashlight
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La
headlamp
Synonyms

archote
facho
farol
C1
projetor
47k
refletor
tocha
C2

Lanterna

Tocha

Translations

linterna
🏮
lanterne
🏮
lantaarn
🏮
Laterne
🏮
llanterna
🔦
Taschenlampe
lanterna
🏮
lanterna
🏮
zaklamp
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farol
🏮
fener
🏮
lampe de poche

φανάρι

φακός

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɐ̃ˈtɛʁ.nɐ/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin
Latin
lanterna
In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lanterna, from Latin lanterna (“lantern; lamp”), corruption of Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”).

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