lamp

A2 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈlæ̝mp/ UK /ˈlæ̞mp/ See IPA manual

Freq #4613

Meanings

1

noun
A device that gives light, especially one you can move around a room.

She switched on the lamp beside her bed to read.
2

noun
A container that burns oil through a wick to give light.

Before electricity, families lit their homes with oil lamps.

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Forms lamps

Derived forms arc-lampbetty-lampblowlampdesklampflashlampfloodlampfoglampgig-lampglow-lampglowlamphand-lamphandlamp

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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”).

laumpe Middle English lampe Old French lampas Latin λαμπάς Ancient Greek *leh₂p- Proto-Indo-European

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# lamp

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈlæ̝mp/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlæ̞mp/
**Frequency rank:** 4613

## Meanings
1. A device that gives light, especially one you can move around a room.
2. A container that burns oil through a wick to give light.

## Examples
- She switched on the lamp beside her bed to read.
- Before electricity, families lit their homes with oil lamps.

## Derived Forms
- arc-lamp
- betty-lamp
- blowlamp
- desklamp
- flashlamp
- floodlamp
- foglamp
- gig-lamp
- glow-lamp
- glowlamp
- hand-lamp
- handlamp

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: laumpe
- Root: lampe
- Root: lampas
- Root: λαμπάς
- Root: *leh₂p-

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Lamp comes 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”).

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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