lamp

Etymology

From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Replaced Middle English leohtfet, lihtfat (“lamp, sconce, candlestick”), from Old English lēohtfæt (“lamp, lantern, torch, light”, literally “light-vat, light-vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /læmp/

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• Rhymes: -æmp

Noun

lamp (plural lamps)

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

Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)

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.

References

• lamp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• MPLA, Palm, palm

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Latin Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑmp
• IPA^(key): /lɑmp/

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Noun

lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)

1. lamp

Anagrams

• palm

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.

Noun

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

1. lamp

Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

1. (colloquial) random

   See on mingi lamp vend.

   He's some random dude.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).

Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

1. flat (as in flat-footed)

   Joosepil on lampis jalad.

   Joosep has flat feet.

Usage notes

Mostly used in the context of flat feet.

Noun

lamp

1. Alternative form of laumpe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑmp/

Verb

lamp

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

Noun

lamp

1. genitive plural of lampa

Noun

lamp

1. lamp

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “лампа, светильник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Etymology

IE *leuk- ‘light, brightness’,

Noun

lamp f (plural lampau)

1. lamp