Lamp

See also LAMP

English

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Etymology

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From French lampe, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampas), “‘torch’”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /læmp/ SAMPA: /l{mp

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• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

Singular Lamp

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1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation
2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination
3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

Derived terms

• Davy lamp

Translations

oil device producing light

Afrikaans: lamp af(af) Arabic: مصباح (miṣbāḥ) Bosnian: svjetiljka bs(bs) f., fenjer hr(hr) m. Chinese: 燈, 灯 (dēng) Croatian: svjetiljka hr(hr) f., fenjer hr(hr) m. Czech: lampa cs(cs) f. Danish: lampe c., olielampe c. Dutch: lamp f. and m., olielamp f. and m. French: lampe fr(fr) f. German: Lampe de(de) f., Öllampe de(de) f. Greek: λάμπα el(el) (lámpa) f. Hungarian: olajlámpa hu(hu), mécses hu(hu)

Japanese: ランプ (rampu), 明かり (あかり, akari) Kazakh: шам kk(kk) (şam) Norwegian: lampe no(no) Polish: lampa pl(pl) f. Portuguese: candeia pt(pt) f. Russian: лампа ru(ru) (lámpa) f., светильник ru(ru) (sv'etíl'nik) m. Serbian: svetiljka sr(sr) f., lampa sr(sr) f. Sotho: lebone st(st), lampi st(st) Spanish: lámpara es(es) f., candil es(es) m. Swahili: taa sw(sw) Turkish: lamba tr(tr), yağ lambası tr(tr) Welsh: lamp cy(cy) f.

electric device producing light

Afrikaans: lamp af(af) Arabic: مصباح (miṣbāḥ) Bosnian: lampa bs(bs) f., svjetiljka bs(bs) f. Chinese: 燈, 灯 (dēng) Croatian: lampa hr(hr) f., svjetiljka hr(hr) f. Czech: lampa cs(cs) f. Danish: lampe da(da) c. Dutch: lamp f. and m. French: lampe fr(fr) f. German: Lampe de(de) f. Greek: λάμπα el(el) (lámpa) f. Hungarian: lámpa hu(hu) Icelandic: lampi is(is) m.

Ido: lampo io(io) Japanese: ランプ (rampu), 明かり (あかり, akari), 灯 (とう, tō),電灯 (でんとう, dentō) Norwegian: lampe no(no) Polish: lampa pl(pl) f. Russian: лампа ru(ru) (lámpa) f. Serbian: svetiljka sr(sr) f., lampa sr(sr) f. Sotho: lebone st(st), lampi st(st) Spanish: lámpara es(es) f. Swahili: taa sw(sw) Swedish: lampa sv(sv) Turkish: lamba tr(tr), ampul tr(tr) Welsh: lamp cy(cy) f., llusern cy(cy) f.

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Gujarati: દીપ (dīp) m., દીપક (dīpak) m., ચિરાગ઼ (ćirāg) m. Hindi: दिया (diyā) m., दीप (dīpa) m., दीपक (dīpak) m., चिराग़ (ćirāg) m. Italian: lampada f. Kurdish: چرا Lithuanian: lempa f. Persian: چراغ (ćarāg)

Portuguese: lâmpada f. Tamil: vilakku/deepam Telugu: దీపం (dīpam), దివ్వె (divve) Urdu: دیا (diyā) m., دیپ (dīpa) m., دیپک (dīpak) m., چراغ (ćirāg) m.

Verb

Infinitive to Lamp

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Lamp (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
2. to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
3. (slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular

Anagrams

• almp,
• palm

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: lɑmp

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Noun

lamp f. and m. (plural lampen)

1. lamp

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lamp/

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Verb

lamp

1. first- and third-person singular present of limpan

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Welsh

Noun

lamp f. (plural lampau)

1. lamp

Synonyms

• llusern

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