# lanterna
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [lanˈterna]
* Rhymes: -erna
* Hyphenation: lan‧ter‧na

### Adjective

lanterna (accusative singular lanternan, plural lanternaj, accusative plural lanternajn)
* of or related to lanterns

#### Related terms

* lanterno (“lantern”)

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: lanternas, lanternât

### Verb

lanterna
* third-person singular past historic of lanterner

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin lanterna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lanˈtɛr.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛrna
* Hyphenation: lan‧tèr‧na
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lanterna f (plural lanterne)
* lantern (all senses)
* lighthouse

#### Derived terms

* lanterna magica (“magic lantern”)

#### Descendants

* → Alemannic German: Lantärne

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* lāterna

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr), from λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”), with influence from lucerna (“oil lamp”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /lanˈter.na/, [ɫ̪än̪ˈt̪ɛrnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /lanˈter.na/, [län̪ˈt̪ɛrnä]

### Noun

lanterna f (genitive lanternae); first declension
* lantern, lamp
* torch

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (lamp): lucerna

#### Derived terms

* lanternārius

#### Descendants

* → Asturian: llinterna
* → Catalan: llanterna
* → Galician: lanterna
* → Italian: lanterna
** → Alemannic German: Lantärne
* Luxembourgish: Lanter
* → Middle High German: latërne
** German: Laterne
** Hunsrik: Latern
** Pennsylvania German: Ladann
** → Estonian: latern
** → Latvian: laterna
** → Polish: latarnia
** → Slovene: laterna
* → Old French: lanterne
** French: lanterne
*** → Danish: lanterne
*** → Dutch: lantaarn
*** → Norwegian: lanterne
*** → Romanian: lanternă
*** → Swedish: lanterna
** Norman: lantèrne
** Walloon: lantiene
** → Middle English: lanterne, launterne, lantren, lantern
*** English: lantern, lanthorn (archaic)
**** → Bengali: লন্ঠন (lonṭhon)
***** Hindi: लालटेन (lālṭen)
**** → Irish: laindéar
**** → Malay: lentera
***** Indonesian: lentera
**** → Telugu: లాంతరు (lāntaru)
*** Scots: lantern
* → Portuguese: lanterna
** Papiamentu: lanterna
** → Kannada: ಲಾಂದ್ರ (lāndra)
** → Malayalam: റാന്തൽ (ṟāntal)
* → Spanish: linterna

### References

* “lanterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “lanterna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* lanterna 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)
* lanterna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “lanterna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “lanterna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* lanternen

### Noun

lanterna m or f
* definite feminine singular of lanterne

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

lanterna f
* definite singular of lanterne

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laŋˈtɛrna/

### Noun

lanterna f (plural lanterne)
* lantern

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lanterna (“lantern; lamp”), corruption of Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈtɛʁ.nɐ/ [lɐ̃ˈtɛɦ.nɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈtɛʁ.nɐ/ [lɐ̃ˈtɛɦ.nɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈtɛʁ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈtɛɻ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈtɛɾ.nɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛʁnɐ, (Portugal) -ɛɾnɐ
* Hyphenation: lan‧ter‧na

### Noun

lanterna f (plural lanternas)
* flashlight (battery-powered hand-held lightsource)
* lantern (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light)
* headlight (light in front of a vehicle)
* lamp of a lighthouse
* (architecture) roof lantern (type of cupola)
* (Brazil, slang) the last place in a competition

### Noun

lanterna m or f by sense (plural lanternas)
* (Brazil, slang) the contestant in the last place of a competition

#### Synonyms

* (lantern): candeeiro, lâmpada, lampião
* (headlight): farol (Brazil)
* (last place): último lugar
* (contestant in the last place): lanterninha, último colocado

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “last place”): primeiro lugar
* (antonym(s) of “contestant in the last place”): primeiro colocado

#### Hypernyms

* (roof lantern): claraboia, cúpula

#### Holonyms

* (lamp of a lighthouse): farol

#### Derived terms

* lanterna de Aristóteles
* lanterna mágica
* lanterneiro
* lanternim
* lanterninha

#### Descendants

* Papiamentu: lanterna
* → Kannada: ಲಾಂದ್ರ (lāndra)
* → Malayalam: റാന്തൽ (ṟāntal)

### Further reading

* “lanterna”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “lanterna”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lanˈtæːɳa/, /ˈlanˌtæːɳa/
* Hyphenation: lan‧ter‧na

### Noun

lanterna c
* (nautical, aviation) a navigation light
* (now uncommon) a (large) lantern
    Synonym: lykta

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | lanterna | lanternas |
| singular | definite | lanternan | lanternans |
| plural | indefinite | lanternor | lanternors |
| plural | definite | lanternorna | lanternornas |

#### See also

* lykta (the usual word for lantern)

### References

* lanterna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* lanterna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* lanterna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)