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English
Etymology
From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.
Pronunciation
Homophone: loose
Noun
luce (plural luces)
- The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench […].
Translations
Esox lucius
- Bulgarian: щука f (štuka)
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Anagrams
Galician
Verb
luce
- second-person singular imperative of lucir
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin lūcem (“light”), from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“bright; white”). Doublet of the borrowed lux.
Noun
luce f (plural luci)
- light (visible electromagnetic wave; electrical device providing light)
- clearance
- span (engineering)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
luce
- third-person singular present indicative of lucere
Latin
Pronunciation 1
Adverb
lūce (not comparable)
- by daylight
Noun
lūce f
- ablative singular of lūx
Pronunciation 2
Verb
lūcē
- second-person singular present active imperative of lūceō
References
- “luce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luce”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
luce f
- dative/locative singular of luka
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lux.
Noun
luce f (plural luci)
- (dated) light
- shine
- beauty
Declension
Declension of luce
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singular
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plural
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(o) luce
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lucea
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(niște) luci
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lucile
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genitive/dative
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(unei) luci
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lucii
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(unor) luci
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lucilor
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vocative
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luce, luceo
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lucilor
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈluθe/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈluse/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -uθe
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -use
- Syllabification: lu‧ce
Verb
luce
- inflection of lucir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative