lamp
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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-vat”).
Inflected forms:
form: lamps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lamps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lamping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lamped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lamped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
pos: noun
gloss: A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
pos: noun
gloss: An eye.
pos: noun
gloss: To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
pos: verb
tags: UK
slang
examples: Another man said, “If someone [a customer]^([sic]) gave me loads of hassle, I'd end up lamping them.” Several of them, in fact, had lost their jobs when they lamped the boss.
All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.
gloss: To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
pos: verb
tags: Ireland
UK
gloss: To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
pos: verb
tags: US
slang
examples: 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.
gloss: To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: 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
cold-cathode fluorescent lamp
cold-cathode 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
fog lamp
foglamp
forecastle lamp
fountain lamp
Fresnel lamp
frost lamp
gas lamp
Geordie lamp
gig-lamp
glowlamp
glow-lamp
halogen lamp
handlamp
hand lamp
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
salt 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
student lamp
sun lamp
sunlamp
table lamp
taillamp
tail lamp
Thomson's lamp
Tilley lamp
time lamp
torch lamp
tornado lamp
Wood's lamp
xenon flash lamp
lamp along
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: lamp
lang: Akkadian
word: nūrum
lang: Albanian
word: llambë
lang: Amharic
word: ፋኖስ
roman: fanos
lang: Arabic
word: مِصْبَاح
roman: miṣbāḥ
lang: Arabic
word: لَمْبَة
roman: lamba
lang: Arabic
word: لمبة
roman: lamba
lang: Arabic
word: لمبة
roman: lamba
lang: Arabic
word: أبجورة
roman: abajōra
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ
roman: šrāḡā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܠܲܡܦܹܝܕܵܐ
roman: lampēydā
lang: Armenian
word: լամպ
roman: lamp
lang: Asturian
word: llámpara
lang: Avar
word: чирахъ
roman: čiraqx
lang: Azerbaijani
word: lampa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çıraq
lang: Belarusian
word: ла́мпа
roman: lámpa
lang: Belarusian
word: ла́мпачка
roman: lámpačka
lang: Belarusian
word: ля́мпа
roman: ljámpa
lang: Bengali
word: শামা
roman: śama
lang: Bengali
word: সিরাজ
roman: śiraj
lang: Bhojpuri
word: दिया
roman: diyā
lang: Blackfoot
word: aaná'kimaa'tsis-
lang: Bulgarian
word: ла́мпа
roman: lámpa
lang: Burmese
word: မီးခွက်
roman: mi:hkwak
lang: Catalan
word: làmpada
lang: Catalan
word: llum
lang: Chechen
word: чиркх
roman: čirq
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏨᏍᏗ
roman: atsvsdi
lang: Chichewa
word: nyale
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 燈 /灯
roman: dang¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 電燈 /电灯
lang: Chinese
word: 燈 /灯
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 電燈 /电灯
roman: tiān-teng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 燈 /灯
roman: dēng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 電燈 /电灯
roman: diàndēng
lang: Northern Min Chinese
word: 燈 /灯
roman: dáing
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 燈 /灯
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 電燈 /电灯
lang: Czech
word: lampa
lang: Czech
word: svítilna
lang: Danish
word: lampe
lang: Dutch
word: lamp
lang: Esperanto
word: lampo
lang: Estonian
word: lamp
lang: Faroese
word: lampa
lang: Finnish
word: valaisin
lang: Finnish
word: lamppu
lang: French
word: lampe
lang: Galician
word: lámpada
lang: Georgian
word: ლამპა
roman: lamṗa
lang: Georgian
word: ნათურა
roman: natura
lang: Georgian
word: ლამპარი
roman: lamṗari
lang: Georgian
word: ჩირაღდანი
roman: čiraɣdani
lang: German
word: Lampe
lang: Greek
word: λάμπα
roman: lámpa
lang: Gujarati
word: દીવો
roman: dīvo
lang: Gujarati
word: લેમ્પ
roman: lemp
lang: Hawaiian
word: ipukukui
lang: Hebrew
word: מְנוֹרָה
roman: menorá
lang: Higaonon
word: solo
lang: Hindi
word: चिराग़
roman: cirāġ
lang: Hindi
word: लैंप
roman: la͠ip
lang: Hindi
word: दीपक
roman: dīpak
lang: Hindi
word: दिया
roman: diyā
lang: Hindi
word: दीवट
roman: dīvaṭ
lang: White Hmong
word: teeb
lang: Hungarian
word: lámpa
lang: Icelandic
word: lampi
lang: Ido
word: lampo
lang: Indonesian
word: lampu
lang: Irish
word: lampa
lang: Italian
word: lampada
lang: Italian
word: lampadina
lang: Japanese
word: ランプ
roman: ranpu
lang: Japanese
word: 明かり
roman: akari
lang: Japanese
word: 灯
roman: tō
lang: Japanese
word: 電灯
roman: dentō
lang: Kalmyk
word: шам
roman: şam
lang: S'gaw Karen
word: မ့ၣ်အူဒၢ
roman: maỳ ʼoo duh
lang: Kazakh
word: лампа
roman: lampa
lang: Kazakh
word: шам
roman: şam
lang: Kazakh
word: шырақ
roman: şyraq
lang: Khmer
word: ចង្កៀង
roman: cɑɑcɑngkiəng
lang: Korean
word: 램프
roman: raempeu
lang: Korean
word: 전등
roman: jeondeung
lang: Korean
word: 등불
roman: deungbul
lang: Central Kurdish
word: چرا
roman: çira
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: lampe
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: çira
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: gulop
lang: Kyrgyz
word: лампа
roman: lampa
lang: Kyrgyz
word: шам
roman: şam
lang: Lao
word: ໂຄມໄຟ
roman: khōm fai
lang: Latvian
word: lampa
lang: Lithuanian
word: lempa
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Luucht
lang: Macedonian
word: ла́мпа
roman: lámpa
lang: Macedonian
word: све́тилка
roman: svétilka
lang: Malay
word: lampu
lang: Malayalam
word: വിളക്ക്
roman: viḷakkŭ
lang: Maltese
word: lampa
lang: Maltese
word: musbieħ
lang: Manchu
word: ᡩᡝᠩ
roman: deng
lang: Manchu
word: ᡩᡝᠩᠵᠠᠨ
roman: dengjan
lang: Mongolian
word: чийдэн
roman: čiiden
lang: Mongolian
word: гэрэл
roman: gerel
lang: Nanai
word: ихэрэ
roman: ihere
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: lampe
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: lampe
lang: Ossetian
word: цырагъ
roman: cyraǧ
lang: Ossetian
word: лампӕ
roman: lampæ
lang: Pashto
word: چراغ
roman: čerāǧ
lang: Pashto
word: لامپه
roman: lāmpa
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لَمْپا
roman: lampâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لامْپ
roman: lâmp
lang: Iranian Persian
word: چِراغ
roman: čerâġ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: چَراغ
roman: čarâġ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مِصْباح
roman: mesbâh
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Laump
lang: Pohnpeian
word: lamp
lang: Polish
word: lampa
lang: Portuguese
word: luminária
lang: Portuguese
word: lâmpada
lang: Rarotongan
word: mōrī
lang: Romanian
word: lampă
lang: Romanian
word: lampă electrică
lang: Russian
word: ла́мпа
roman: lámpa
lang: Russian
word: ла́мпочка
roman: lámpočka
lang: Sanskrit
word: केतु
roman: ketu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: свѐтӣљка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: свјѐтӣљка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ла̑мпа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svètīljka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svjètīljka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lȃmpa
lang: Shan
word: ႁိူၼ်းၽႆး
roman: hóen phái
lang: Slovak
word: lampa
lang: Slovene
word: svetilka
lang: Sotho
word: lebone
lang: Sotho
word: lampi
lang: Southern Altai
word: јарыткыш
roman: ǰarïtkïš
lang: Southern Altai
word: лампа
roman: lampa
lang: Spanish
word: lámpara
lang: Swahili
word: taa
lang: Swedish
word: lampa
lang: Tagalog
word: lampara
lang: Tahitian
word: mōrī
lang: Tajik
word: чароғ
roman: čaroġ
lang: Tajik
word: лампа
roman: lampa
lang: Tajik
word: мисбоҳ
roman: misboh
lang: Tatar
word: лампа
roman: lampa
lang: Thai
word: โคมไฟ
roman: koom-fai
lang: Tibetan
word: ཞུ་མར
roman: zhu mar
lang: Tigrinya
word: ፋኑስ
roman: fanus
lang: Tumbuka
word: nyali
lang: Turkish
word: lamba
lang: Turkish
word: ampul
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مصباح
roman: mısbah
lang: Turkmen
word: lampa
lang: Ukrainian
word: ла́мпа
roman: lámpa
lang: Ukrainian
word: ла́мпочка
roman: lámpočka
lang: Urdu
word: چِراغ
roman: cirāġ
lang: Urdu
word: چَراغ
roman: carāġ
lang: Urdu
word: دِیپَک
roman: dīpak
lang: Urdu
word: دِیا
roman: diyā
lang: Urdu
word: لَیمْپ
roman: laimp
lang: Urdu
word: مِصْباح
roman: misbāh
lang: Uyghur
word: لامپا
roman: lampa
lang: Uyghur
word: چىراغ
roman: chiragh
lang: Uzbek
word: lampa
lang: Uzbek
word: chiroq
lang: Vietnamese
word: đèn
lang: Vietnamese
word: đèn điện
lang: Volapük
word: lampad
lang: Walloon
word: lampe
lang: Welsh
word: lamp
lang: Welsh
word: llusern
lang: Welsh
word: lampiau
lang: Yaghnobi
word: чироғ
roman: čiroġ
lang: Yiddish
word: לאָמפּ
roman: lomp
lang: Afrikaans
word: lamp
lang: Albanian
word: llambë
lang: Ao
word: milen (Chungli)
lang: Arabic
word: مِصْبَاح
roman: miṣbāḥ
lang: Arabic
word: قِنْدِيل
roman: qindīl
lang: Arabic
word: سِرَاج
roman: sirāj
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ
roman: šrāḡā
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܠܲܡܦܹܝܕܵܐ
roman: lampēydā
lang: Armenian
word: լամպ
roman: lamp
lang: Armenian
word: լապտեր
roman: lapter
lang: Asturian
word: llámpara
lang: Burmese
word: ဆီမီး
roman: hcimi:
lang: Burmese
word: မီးခွက်
roman: mi:hkwak
lang: Catalan
word: làmpada
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏨᏍᏗ
roman: atsvsdi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 燈 /灯
roman: dēng
lang: Czech
word: lampa
lang: Danish
word: lampe
lang: Danish
word: olielampe
lang: Dutch
word: lamp
lang: Dutch
word: olielamp
lang: Faroese
word: lampa
lang: Finnish
word: öljylamppu
lang: French
word: lampe
lang: Galician
word: lámpada
lang: Georgian
word: ლამპა
roman: lamṗa
lang: German
word: Lampe
lang: German
word: Öllampe
lang: Greek
word: λάμπα
roman: lámpa
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λύχνος
roman: lúkhnos
lang: Hausa
word: fitila
lang: Hebrew
word: מְנוֹרָה
roman: m'norá
lang: Hindi
word: बत्ती
roman: battī
lang: Hindi
word: चिराग़
roman: cirāġ
lang: White Hmong
word: teeb
lang: Hungarian
word: olajlámpa
lang: Hungarian
word: mécses
lang: Irish
word: lampa
lang: Italian
word: lampada
lang: Japanese
word: ランプ
roman: ranpu
lang: Japanese
word: 明かり
roman: akari
lang: Kalmyk
word: шам
roman: şam
lang: Kazakh
word: шам
roman: şam
lang: Kazakh
word: шырақ
roman: şyraq
lang: Khmer
word: ចង្កៀង
roman: cɑɑcɑngkiəng
lang: Khmer
word: ចង្កៀងខ្លាញ់
roman: cɑɑcɑngkiəng khlañ
lang: Kom (Cameroon)
word: lâm
lang: Korean
word: 램프
roman: raempeu
lang: Korean
word: 광명
roman: gwangmyeong
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чырак
roman: cırak
lang: Kyrgyz
word: шам
roman: şam
lang: Latin
word: lucerna
lang: Latin
word: laterna
lang: Malay
word: pelita
lang: Malayalam
word: വിളക്ക്
roman: viḷakkŭ
lang: Malayalam
word: ദീപം
roman: dīpaṁ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: lampe
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: lampe
lang: Iranian Persian
word: چِراغ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: چَراغ
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Laump
lang: Polish
word: lampa
lang: Portuguese
word: candeia
lang: Romanian
word: lampă
lang: Romanian
word: lămpi
lang: Russian
word: ла́мпа
roman: lámpa
lang: Russian
word: свети́льник
roman: svetílʹnik
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: свѐтӣљка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: свјѐтӣљка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ла̑мпа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svètīljka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svjètīljka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lȃmpa
lang: Sindhi
word: بَتيِ
roman: batī
lang: Slovak
word: lampa
lang: Sotho
word: lebone
lang: Sotho
word: lampi
lang: Spanish
word: lámpara
lang: Spanish
word: candil
lang: Spanish
word: fogaril
lang: Swahili
word: taa
lang: Swedish
word: lampa
lang: Swedish
word: oljelampa
lang: Tajik
word: чароғ
roman: čaroġ
lang: Thai
word: โคม
roman: koom
lang: Thai
word: ประทีป
roman: bprà-tîip
lang: Tocharian B
word: cok
lang: Turkish
word: lamba
lang: Turkish
word: yağ lambası
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قندیل
roman: kandil
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سراج
roman: sirac
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: لامپه
roman: lampa
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: مصباح
roman: mısbah
lang: Urdu
word: چِراغ
roman: cirāġ
lang: Urdu
word: چَراغ
roman: carāġ
lang: Urdu
word: بَتّی
roman: battī
lang: Volapük
word: lampad
lang: Walloon
word: lampe
lang: Walloon
word: crasset
lang: Walloon
word: lantiene
lang: Walloon
word: kénket
lang: Welsh
word: lamp
lang: Yiddish
word: לאָמפּ
roman: lomp