Lamp

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English

Proper noun

Lamp (plural Lamps)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lamp is the 8209th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4042 individuals. Lamp is most common among White (94.36%) individuals.

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Lamp f (plural Lampe, diminutive Lempche)

  1. lamp

Further reading

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos.

Alternative forms

Noun

Lamp n (plural Lame̩r or Läme̩r, diminutive Lämke̩ or Lämpke̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, various dialects)

  1. lamb, the young of a sheep
  2. (metonymically) The meat produce of a lamb; a dish prepared from lamb's meat
    Synonym: Lamsvleisch
Usage notes
  • The word has lost the final -p in many dialects, though it is often retained in compound terms. A number of dialects (mostly rural) still retain the final -p as well.
  • Some dialects, instead of using this word, use the diminutive of Schǫǫp (“sheep”) to refer to a lamb.

Etymology 2

From Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”)

Alternative forms

Noun

Lamp f (plural Lampe̩, diminutive Lämpke̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread)

  1. lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)
  2. Clipping of Pitschlamp; flashlight
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