# Lucifer
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (“light”) +‎ ferō (“bear, carry”)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (“lightbearer”) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈluːsɪfə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈluːsɪˌfər/, [ˈɫʉu̯ːsɪˌfɝ]
* Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːsɪfə(ɹ)

### Proper noun

Lucifer
* (literary) The planet Venus as the daystar (or morning star).
    Synonym: Phosphorus
    Antonyms: Vesper, Hesperus
* (biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.
* Satan, the Devil.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

#### Derived terms

* Lucifer hummingbird
* Luciferian
* Luciferic
* Luciferist
* Lucifer sheartail
* proud as Lucifer

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Lucifer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ferulic

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlut͡sɪfɛr]

### Proper noun

Lucifer m anim
* Lucifer (supreme evil spirit)
    Synonyms: Satan, Belzebub

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Lucifer”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Lucifer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Lucifer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈly.siˌfɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

### Proper noun

Lucifer m
* Lucifer (mythological fallen angel)

### See also

* lucifer

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ly.si.fɛʁ/

### Proper noun

Lucifer m
* Lucifer

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* lūcifer (letter case)

### Etymology

From lūx +‎ -fer, calque of Ancient Greek Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈluː.ki.fer/, [ˈɫ̪uːkɪfɛr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlu.t͡ʃi.fer/, [ˈluːt͡ʃifer]

### Proper noun

Lūcifer m sg (genitive Lūciferī); second declension
* (astronomy) morning star, daystar, planet Venus
* (biblical) Lucifer
* (Greek mythology) Lucifer, the fabled son of Aurora and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx
* (poetic) day

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: lutseafir
* Romanian: Luceafăr
* → Catalan: Llucifer, lucífer
* → French: Lucifer
* → English: luciferous, Lucifer
* → Italian: lucifero, Lucifero
* → Polish: lucyfer, Lucyfer, lucyper, Lucyper
* → Portuguese: lucífero, Lúcifer
* → Romanian: Lucifer
* → Spanish: lucífero, Lucifer, Luzbel
* → German: Luzifer

### Further reading

* “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Lucifer”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
* “Lucifer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “Lucifer”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* Lucyfer, Lucyfere

### Etymology

From Latin Lūcifer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliu̯sifər/
* Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

### Proper noun

Lucifer
* Satan; the Devil; the supreme Christian figure of evil.
* The planet Venus as the daystar.

#### Descendants

* English: Lucifer
* Scots: Lucifer

#### References

* “Lūcifer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-27.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the inherited doublet from the same source, luceafăr.

### Proper noun

Lucifer m (genitive and dative lui Lucifer)
* Lucifer

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǔt͡sifer/
* Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

### Proper noun

Lùcifer m (Cyrillic spelling Лу̀цифер)
* Lucifer

#### Declension
### References

* “Lucifer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the doublet lucífero and Luzbel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /luθiˈfeɾ/ [lu.θiˈfeɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /lusiˈfeɾ/ [lu.siˈfeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: Lu‧ci‧fer

### Proper noun

Lucifer
* Lucifer