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lume

lume

See also: lumë

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Noun

lume

  1. people
  2. world
  3. humanity, mankind

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Estonian

Noun

lume

  1. Genitive singular form of lumi.

Finnish

Noun

lume

  1. illusion

Declension

Inflection of lume (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative lume lumeet
genitive lumeen lumeiden
lumeitten
partitive lumetta lumeita
illative lumeeseen lumeisiin
lumeihin
singular plural
nominative lume lumeet
accusative nom. lume lumeet
gen. lumeen
genitive lumeen lumeiden
lumeitten
partitive lumetta lumeita
inessive lumeessa lumeissa
elative lumeesta lumeista
illative lumeeseen lumeisiin
lumeihin
adessive lumeella lumeilla
ablative lumeelta lumeilta
allative lumeelle lumeille
essive lumeena lumeina
translative lumeeksi lumeiksi
instructive lumein
abessive lumeetta lumeitta
comitative lumeineen

Compounds


French

Etymology

Latin lūmen, plural lumina taken as feminine in Proto-Western-Romance. See also Spanish lumbre.

Noun

lume f (plural lumes)

  1. (obsolete) light, lamp
    Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot, prête-moi ta lume pour écrire un mot.
    By the light of the moon, my friend Pierrot, lend me your lamp to write a word.

Usage notes

This word is commonly sung as plume (quill) in this verse, but this is incongruous with "my candle is dead, I have no more fire", which indicates that the writer, Lubin, needs light to write by, not a pen to write with.


Galician

Etymology

From Latin lūmen. Compare Portuguese lume, Asturian llume, Spanish lumbre.

Noun

lume m (plural lumes)

  1. flame, fire

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lūmen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men, from *lewk-.

Noun

lume m (plural lumi)

  1. lamp
  2. light
  3. (anatomy) lumen

Anagrams


Novial

Etymology

Compare French lumière.

Noun

lume (plural lumes)

  1. light

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lume, from Latin lūmen, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men, from *lewk-. Cognate with Galician lume, Spanish lumbre, Catalan llum, Occitan lum, French lume, Italian lume and Romanian lume.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlu.mɨ/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧me

Noun

lume m (plural lumes)

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lūmen (light) (see figurative meaning as the "light of life"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men, from *lewk-. Compare also Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), meaning both "light" and "world".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlu.me]

Noun

lume f (plural lumi)

  1. world
  2. people
  3. humanity, mankind
  4. (archaic, regional) light

Declension

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