lume

Meaning

1. (masculine) flame, fire (to cook or keep oneself warm)
2. (masculine) lumen

Hyphenated as

lu‧me

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlũ.mi/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lume, from Latin lūmen.
Cognate with Galician, French, Italian, and Romanian lume, Spanish lumbre, Catalan llum and Occitan lum. In the sense of "lumen" it is a modern neologism. Doublet of lúmen, a borrowing.