lucerna

Inherited from Old Czech lucerna, from Latin lucerna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlut͡sɛrna]

lucerna f (diminutive lucernička)

1. lantern

   Synonym: svítilna

• “lucerna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lucerna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lucerna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Latin lucerna (“lamp”).

• Rhymes: -ɛɾna
• Hyphenation: lu‧cer‧na

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

1. firefly; glowworm

   Synonyms: vagalume, lucecú, lurcucú, verme canteiro, lucerga

2. grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus) ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lucerna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Borrowed from German Luzerne, from Latin lucerna (“an oil lamp”), from lux (“light”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈlut͡sɛrnɒ]
• Hyphenation: lu‧cer‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

lucerna (plural lucernák)

1. alfalfa, lucerne (Medicago sativa)
2. alfalfa, lucerne (any plant in the genus Medicago)

• lucerna in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Latin lucerna.

lucerna f (plural lucerne)

1. oil lamp

• lucernata

From lūceō (“shine, be a light”). The suffix -erna, found also in lanterna, is of disputed origin, though resembles suffixes in Etruscan; compare also Latin -urnus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫʊˈkɛr.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [luˈt͡ʃɛr.na]

lucerna f (genitive lucernae); first declension

1. a lamp, an oil lamp
   • 4th-century CE, Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome), Vulgate, Proverbia 24:20:

     quoniam nōn habent futūrōrum spem malī et lucerna impiōrum extinguētur

     For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

     (trans. Douay-Rheims Bible)

First-declension noun.

• (lamp): lanterna

• “lucerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lucerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lucerna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lucerna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lucerna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lucerna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from German Luzerne. Doublet of lukarna.

• IPA^(key): /luˈt͡sɛr.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrna
• Syllabification: lu‧cer‧na
• Homophone: Lucerna

lucerna f

1. alfalfa, burclover, lucerne, medick (any plant of the genus Medicago)
2. alfalfa, burclover, lucerne, medick (flower)

• lucerna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lucerna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin lucerna.

• Hyphenation: lu‧cer‧na

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

1. alternative form of luzerna

Borrowed from Latin lucerna.

• IPA^(key): /luˈθeɾna/ [luˈθeɾ.na] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /luˈseɾna/ [luˈseɾ.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾna
• Syllabification: lu‧cer‧na

lucerna f (plural lucernas)

1. a type of old Latin oil lamp

• “lucerna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024