la
/lymjɛʁ/
Translation
light
Word origin
From Latin luminaria ('lights, lamps'), the plural of luminare ('a light, a lamp'), from lumen ('light'). The same root gave English luminary, luminous and illuminate.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- luminaria
- English cognates
- luminary, luminous, illuminate
Grammar
Examples
Allume ' , ' .
Turn on the light please, I cannot see anything.
vieille .
The morning light is magnificent in this old church.
.
Shedding light on this matter takes time.
Éteins .
Turn off the light before leaving the room.
.
The morning light gently comes through the window.
Lumiere est un nom feminin designe la lumiere naturelle ou artificielle, et au sens figure la connaissance ou la clarte. Eteindre la lumiere (to turn off the light) et allumer la lumiere (to turn on the light) sont les expressions quotidiennes essentielles.
Faire la lumiere sur (to shed light on) est une expression metaphorique frequente. Les Lumieres (the Enlightenment) designe le mouvement philosophique du XVIIIe siecle. Lumiere du jour (daylight) et vitesse de la lumiere (speed of light) sont des collocations scientifiques. Lumineux est l'adjectif derive.
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