Translation
lamp
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Word origin
From French lampe, from Latin lampas, borrowed from Greek lampas ('torch'), from lampein ('to shine'). English lamp and lantern come down the same line.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- lampas
- English cognates
- lamp, lantern
Examples
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Turn on the lamp, please.
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The lamp on the desk gives a warm light.
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Only one small lamp was burning in the room.
Keep and apart: the is the object, the is what comes out of it. Esperanto still says a lamp (burns) even when it is electric, exactly as English says a light is on long after anything was alight. are switched with and i.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 17, lesson 2: lampo, avantaĝo, heziti and 7 more words.