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lume
lume
Finnish
Noun
lume
Declension
| Inflection of lume (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lume | lumeet | |
| genitive | lumeen | lumeiden lumeitten |
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| partitive | lumetta | lumeita | |
| illative | lumeeseen | lumeisiin lumeihin |
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| 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 |
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| adessive | lumeella | lumeilla | |
| ablative | lumeelta | lumeilta | |
| allative | lumeelle | lumeille | |
| essive | lumeena | lumeina | |
| translative | lumeeksi | lumeiksi | |
| instructive | — | lumein | |
| abessive | lumeetta | lumeitta | |
| comitative | — | lumeineen | |
Compounds
- lumelääke
- silmänlume
French
Etymology
Latin lūmen, plural lumina taken as feminine in Proto-Western-Romance. See also Spanish lumbre.
Noun
lume f (plural lumes)
- (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.
- Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot, prête-moi ta lume pour écrire un mot.
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)
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lūmen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men, from *lewk-.
Noun
lume m (plural lumi)
Anagrams
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)
Synonyms
Related terms
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)