# lamp
## English
### Etymology

From 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 container”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lămp, IPA: /læmp/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* (æ-tensing) IPA: [lɛəmp], [leəmp], [lɛːmp]
* Rhymes: -æmp

### Noun

lamp (plural lamps)
* A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
* A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
* A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:light source

#### Derived terms

* accountant's lamp
* Aldis lamp
* arc-lamp
* arc lamp
* argand lamp
* Argand lamp
* aroma lamp
* astral lamp
* banker lamp
* banker's lamp
* Betty lamp
* betty lamp
* betty-lamp
* blackout lamp
* blast lamp
* blowlamp
* butter lamp
* carbide lamp
* Carcel lamp
* chamber lamp
* coach lamp
* compact fluorescent lamp
* Cooper Hewitt lamp
* courtesy lamp
* Davy lamp
* desk lamp
* desklamp
* Döbereiner's lamp
* fairy lamp
* flame lamp
* flashlamp
* floodlamp
* floor lamp
* fluorescent lamp
* fo'c's'le lamp
* foc's'le lamp
* foglamp
* fog lamp
* forecastle lamp
* fountain lamp
* Fresnel lamp
* frost lamp
* gas lamp
* Geordie lamp
* gig-lamp
* glowlamp
* glow-lamp
* halogen lamp
* hand lamp
* handlamp
* hand-lamp
* headlamp
* heat lamp
* Hefner lamp
* hurricane lamp
* hydrogen lamp
* incandescent lamp
* indicator lamp
* infrared lamp
* lampblack
* lampboard
* lampbrush
* lamp bulb
* lamper
* lamp flora
* lamp fount
* lampful
* lamp harp
* lampholder
* lamphole
* lamp-iron
* lampist
* lampkeeper
* lampless
* lamplet
* lamplight
* lamplighted
* lamplighter
* lamplike
* lamplit
* lampmaker
* lampmaking
* lampman
* lamp-oil
* lamp-post
* lamp post, lamppost
* lamp room
* lampshade
* lamp-shade
* lamp shell
* lampstand
* lampware
* lampwick
* lamp-wick
* lampwork
* lampworker
* lava lamp
* magic lamp
* magnesium lamp
* mercury-vapor lamp
* mercury-vapour lamp
* metal halide lamp
* minilamp
* naphtha lamp
* neon glow lamp
* neon lamp
* Nernst lamp
* nightlamp
* oil rain lamp
* opium lamp
* pet lamp-shade
* philosopher's lamp
* pilot lamp
* plasma lamp
* platinum lamp
* pocket lamp
* quartz halogen lamp
* quartz-iodine lamp
* quartz lamp
* rain lamp
* reading-lamp
* reading lamp
* relamp
* ring lamp
* safety lamp
* Shabbat lamp
* sidelamp
* slave of the lamp
* slit lamp
* smell of the lamp
* sodium lamp
* sodium vapor lamp
* sodium vapour lamp
* solar lamp
* speedlamp
* spirit lamp
* standard lamp
* stop lamp
* street-lamp
* streetlamp
* street lamp
* sun lamp
* sunlamp
* table lamp
* taillamp, tail lamp
* Thomson's lamp
* Tilley lamp
* time lamp
* torch lamp
* Wood's lamp
* xenon flash lamp

#### Descendants

* Tok Pisin: lam
* → Korean: 램프 (raempeu)
* → Pohnpeian: lamp

#### Translations

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### Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)
* (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
** 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.
* (UK, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
    Synonyms: (North America) jacklight, spotlight
* (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
** 1988 June 28, “Cold Lampin' With Flavor” (track 4), in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back‎, performed by Public Enemy:I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays.
* To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.

#### Derived terms

* lamp along

### References

* “lamp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Palm, palm, APML, MPLA

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lamp/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lamp (plural lampe, diminutive lampje)
* lamp

## Cimbrian
### Etymology

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.

### Noun

lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)
* (Sette Comuni) lamb

### References

* “lamp” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑmp/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: lamp
* Rhymes: -ɑmp

### Noun

lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)
* lamp
    Zet je de lamp aan? ― Can you turn on the lamp?
    De lamp in de woonkamer is kapot. ― The lamp in the living room is broken.
    Ze heeft een nieuwe lamp voor haar bureau gekocht. ― She bought a new lamp for her desk.
* (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve
    Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis

#### Derived terms

* aromalamp
* autolamp
* bedlamp
* bermlamp
* booglamp
* bouwlamp
* buislamp
* buitenlamp
* bureaulamp
* carbidlamp
* designlamp
* fietslamp
* flitslamp
* fotolamp
* gaslamp
* gloeilamp
* godslamp
* groeilamp
* hanglamp
* hoofdlamp
* keukenlamp
* knijplamp
* koplamp
* kroonlamp
* kwartslamp
* kwiklamp
* lampenfabriek
* lampenfabrikant
* lampenkap
* lamphouder
* lamplicht
* lampolie
* lavalamp
* ledlamp
* leeslamp
* looplamp
* mijnlamp
* mistlamp
* muurlamp
* nachtlamp
* neonlamp
* olielamp
* partylamp
* pillamp
* radiolamp
* remlamp
* schaarlamp
* spaarlamp
* waterstoflamp
* xenonlamp

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: lamp
* Berbice Creole Dutch: lampu
* Jersey Dutch: lāmp
* Negerhollands: lamp
* → Japanese: ランプ (ranpu)
* → Malay: lampu
** Indonesian: lampu
*** → Petjo: lampoe
* → Papiamentu: lampi
* → Sranan Tongo: lampu
** → Caribbean Hindustani: lamphu
** → Kari'na: lampu
** → Lokono: lampu
** → Trió: rama

### Anagrams

* palm

## Estonian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.

#### Noun

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)
* lamp

##### Derived terms

* lambivari

##### Descendants

* → Ingrian: lamppi

#### Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)
* (colloquial) random
    See on mingi lamp vend.He's some random dude.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).

#### Adjective

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)
* flat (as in flat-footed)
    Joosepil on lampis jalad.Joosep has flat feet.

##### Usage notes

Mostly used in the context of flat feet.

##### Declension
## Middle English
### Noun

lamp
* Alternative form of laumpe

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɑmp/

### Verb

lamp
* first/third-person singular present of limpan

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlamp/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amp
* Syllabification: lamp

### Noun

lamp
* genitive plural of lampa

## Scots
### Verb

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lampin, simple past lampt, past participle lampt)
* (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
* (intransitive) To go jauntily.

## Veps
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

lamp
* lamp

#### Derived terms

* avtolamp
* jauglamp
* lagilamp
* seinlamp
* lampankatuz

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лампа, светильник”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Welsh
### Etymology

English lamp

### Noun

lamp f or m (plural lampau, not mutable)
* lamp
    Synonym: llusern

#### Derived terms

* priflamp, lamp fawr (“headlight, headlamp”)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lamp”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies