English

Proper noun

Luce

1. A surname​.

English

Noun

luce ‎(plural luces)

1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:

     As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench […].

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lūcem, accusative form of lūx ‎(“light”), from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- ‎(“bright; white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlut͡ʃe/, [ˈl̺uː.t͡ʃe]
• Hyphenation: lù‧ce

Noun

luce f ‎(plural luci)

1. light (visible electromagnetic wave; electrical device providing light)
2. clearance

Related terms

• dare alla luce, mettere in buona luce, mettere in cattiva luce, portare alla luce, venire alla luce, alla luce di
• lucere
• lucerna
• lucido
• Lucifero
• lucifero
• velocità della luce
• luci della ribalta, a luci rosse, luce di arresto, luce di posizione

Verb

luce

1. third-person singular present indicative of lucere

Latin

Noun

lūce f

1. ablative singular of lux

Verb

lūcē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of lūceō

References

• luce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luce in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “luce”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

luce

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lucir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of lucir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lucir.