luce

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See also: Luce, lucè, lucë, luče, and lúče

English

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Etymology

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From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.

Pronunciation

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Homophone: loose

Noun

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luce (plural luces)

  1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.

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Galician

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Verb

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luce

  1. second-person singular imperative of lucir

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin lūcem (light), from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (bright; white). Doublet of the borrowed lux.

Noun

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luce f (plural luci)

  1. light (visible electromagnetic wave; electrical device providing light)
  2. clearance
  3. span (engineering)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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luce

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lucere

Latin

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Pronunciation 1

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Adverb

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lūce (not comparable)

  1. by daylight

Noun

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lūce f

  1. ablative singular of lūx

Pronunciation 2

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Verb

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lūcē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of lūceō

References

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  • 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
  • luce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Noun

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luce f

  1. dative/locative singular of luka

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin lux.

Noun

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luce f (plural luci)

  1. (dated) light
  2. shine
  3. beauty

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈluθe/ [ˈlu.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈluse/ [ˈlu.se]
  • Rhymes: -uθe
  • Rhymes: -use
  • Syllabification: lu‧ce

Verb

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luce

  1. inflection of lucir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative