lamp
A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiationA device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
» The lamp hung from the ceiling.
Лампа звисала зі стелі.
Meaning
4 sensesA device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
Lampe
ла́мпаlámpa, ла́мпочкаlámpočka
ла́мпаlámpa, ла́мпочкаlámpočka
a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
Lampe, Öllampe
ла́мпаlámpa, свети́льникsvetílʹnik
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
ла́мпаlámpa, свети́льникsvetílʹnik
An eye.
Examples
268 sentencesThe lamp hung from the ceiling.
Лампа звисала зі стелі.
Do you sell desk lamps here?
У вас тут продаються настільні лампи?
Tom turned off his bedside lamp.
Том вимкнув свій нічник.
ruТом выключил свой ночник.
There is a lamp on the ceiling.
На стелi розташована лампа.
ruНа потолке находится лампа.
Tom shut the book and turned off the lamp.
Том закрив книжку і вимкнув лампу.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampaFrom 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 *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).
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Forms
plural: lampsWord family
116 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- off the lamp
- the lamp on
- desk lamp