lanterne

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See also: lanterné and lantèrne

Danish

Noun

lanterne c (singular definite lanternen, plural indefinite lanterner)

  1. lantern

Declension

Declension of lanterne
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lanterne lanternen lanterner lanternerne
genitive lanternes lanternens lanterners lanternernes

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Old French lanterne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.tɛʁn/
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Noun

lanterne f (plural lanternes)

  1. lantern
  2. street light

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Danish: lanterne
  • → Dutch: lantaarn
  • → Norwegian: lanterne
  • → Romanian: lanternă
  • → Swedish: lanterna

Verb

lanterne

  1. inflection of lanterner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Italian

Noun

lanterne f

  1. plural of lanterna

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French lanterne, from Latin lanterna, from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr).

Pronunciation

Noun

lanterne (plural lanternes)

  1. A lantern or lamp.
  2. (figurative) An inspiration; guidance.
  3. (figurative) An example.

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”), via Latin lanterna and French lanterne.

Noun

lanterne f or m (definite singular lanterna or lanternen, indefinite plural lanterner, definite plural lanternene)

  1. a lantern
  2. (nautical, aviation) a navigation light

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ (lamptḗr, “torch”), via Latin lanterna and French lanterne.

Noun

lanterne f (definite singular lanterna, indefinite plural lanterner, definite plural lanternene)

  1. a lantern
  2. (nautical, aviation) a navigation light

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lanterna.

Noun

lanterne oblique singular, f (oblique plural lanternes, nominative singular lanterne, nominative plural lanternes)

  1. lantern (box containing fire to provide light)

Synonyms

Descendants

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