Luke

== English == === Alternative forms === (Gospel of Luke): Luk., Lk (abbreviation), Luc. (rare abbreviation) === Etymology === From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /luːk/ (General American) IPA(key): /luk/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /lʉk/ (Wales) IPA(key): /lɪu̯k/ Rhymes: -uːk Homophone: look (Scotland, Northern Ireland, some of Northern England) === Proper noun === Luke A male given name. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. : Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels. Synonym: Luk. (abbreviation) Comeronyms: Matthew, Mark, John An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck. An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas). A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A village in Tartu, Estonia. A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia. A village in Moravica district, Serbia. A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke. ==== Derived terms ==== Lukan Luke-Acts ==== Related terms ==== (given name): Luca, Lucas, Luka ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === leku, leuk-, Leuk == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German lûke, from Old Saxon *lūka, from Proto-West Germanic *lūkā. Cognate with Dutch luik (“hatch”) and, more distantly, doublet of Loch (“hole”) and Lücke (“gap”); see the former for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈluːkə/ === Noun === Luke f (genitive Luke, plural Luken) hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.) Die Luke zum Dachboden klemmt. ― The hatch to the attic is jammed. Der Kapitän öffnete die Luke und sah nach draußen. ― The captain opened the hatch and looked outside. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Luke” in Duden online “Luke”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lʊˈkʲɛ] Rhymes: -ɛ Syllabification: Lu‧kè === Noun === Lukè locative singular of Lùkas (“Luke”)