luce

== English == === Etymology === From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /luːs/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈlʉs/ Homophone: loose Rhymes: -uːs === Noun === luce (plural luces) The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === eau de luce === Anagrams === clue, leuc- == Galician == === Verb === luce second-person singular imperative of lucir == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -utʃe Hyphenation: lù‧ce === 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 == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫuː.kɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃe] ==== Noun ==== lūce ablative singular of lūx ==== Adverb ==== lūce (not comparable) by daylight === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫuː.kɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃe] ==== Noun ==== lūce vocative singular of lūcus === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫuː.keː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃe] ==== 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. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈluː.ke/ IPA(key): /ˈlu.ke/ === Verb === lūce inflection of lūcan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive === Verb === luce inflection of lūcan: second-person singular preterite indicative singular preterite subjunctive == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlu.t͡sɛ/ Rhymes: -ut͡sɛ Syllabification: lu‧ce === Noun === luce f dative/locative singular of luka == Romanian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin lux. === Noun === luce f (plural luci) (dated) light shine beauty ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈluθe/ [ˈlu.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈluse/ [ˈlu.se] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uθe (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -use (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: lu‧ce === Verb === luce inflection of lucir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative