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A desk lamp

A halogen lamp

From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).

lamp (plural lamps)

  1. A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
  2. A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  3. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
  4. (African-American Vernacular) An eye.

device producing light

oil device producing light — see also lantern

Translations to be checked

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)

  1. (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
    • 2009 May 20, Margaret Wente, “We are witnessing the passing of working-class masculinity”, in The Globe and Mail‎[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2009:
      Another man said, “If someone [a customer][_sic_] gave me loads of hassle, I'd end up lamping them.” Several of them, in fact, had lost their jobs when they lamped the boss.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:
      All for the pleasure of lamping a twat in the face.
  2. (UK, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
    Synonyms: (North America) jacklight, spotlight
  3. (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
    • 1988 June 28, “Cold Lampin' With Flavor” (track 4), in It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back‎[2], performed by Public Enemy:
      I'm in my Flavmobile cold lamping. I took a G upstate cold camping. To the Poconos, we call a hideaways. A bag of franks and a bag of Frito-Lays.
  4. To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.

From Dutch lamp, from Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

lamp (plural lampe, diminutive lampje)

  1. lamp

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb, Icelandic lamb.

lamp n (plural lémper, diminutive lèmple)

  1. (Sette Comuni) lamb

From Middle Dutch lampe, from Old French lampe, from Latin lampas (“lamp; torch; lantern”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch; lamp”), from λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“glow”).

lamp f (plural lampen, diminutive lampje n)

  1. lamp
    Zet je de lamp aan? ― Can you turn on the lamp?
    De lamp in de woonkamer is kapot. ― The lamp in the living room is broken.
    Ze heeft een nieuwe lamp voor haar bureau gekocht. ― She bought a new lamp for her desk.
  2. (electronics, informal) vacuum tube, thermionic valve
    Synonyms: radiolamp, buis, elektronenbuis, radiobuis

From Middle Low German lampe or German Lampe.

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi)

  1. lamp
Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative lamp lambid
accusative nom.
gen. lambi
genitive lampide
partitive lampi lampelampisid
illative lampilambisse lampidesselambesse
inessive lambis lampideslambes
elative lambist lampidestlambest
allative lambile lampidelelambele
adessive lambil lampidellambel
ablative lambilt lampideltlambelt
translative lambiks lampidekslambeks
terminative lambini lampideni
essive lambina lampidena
abessive lambita lampideta
comitative lambiga lampidega

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)

  1. (colloquial) random
    See on mingi lamp vend.
    He's some random dude.
Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative lamp lambid
accusative nom.
gen. lambi
genitive lampide
partitive lampi lampelampisid
illative lampilambisse lampidesselambesse
inessive lambis lampideslambes
elative lambist lampidestlambest
allative lambile lampidelelambele
adessive lambil lampidellambel
ablative lambilt lampideltlambelt
translative lambiks lampidekslambeks
terminative lambini lampideni
essive lambina lampidena
abessive lambita lampideta
comitative lambiga lampidega

Onomatopoeic. Compare lame (“flat”), lamama (“to lay down”).

lamp (genitive lambi, partitive lampi, comparative lambim, superlative kõige lambim)

  1. flat (as in flat-footed)
    Joosepil on lampis jalad.
    Joosep has flat feet.

Mostly used in the context of flat feet.

Declension of lamp (ÕS type 22e/riik, p-b gradation)
singular plural
nominative lamp lambid
accusative nom.
gen. lambi
genitive lampide
partitive lampi lampelampisid
illative lampilambisse lampidesselambesse
inessive lambis lampideslambes
elative lambist lampidestlambest
allative lambile lampidelelambele
adessive lambil lampidellambel
ablative lambilt lampideltlambelt
translative lambiks lampidekslambeks
terminative lambini lampideni
essive lambina lampidena
abessive lambita lampideta
comitative lambiga lampidega

Borrowed from German Lampe.

lamp

  1. lamp

lamp

  1. alternative form of laumpe

lamp

  1. first/third-person singular present of limpan

lamp

  1. genitive plural of lampa

lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lampin, simple past and past participle lampt)

  1. (intransitive) To run wild; to scamper.
  2. (intransitive) To go jauntily.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lamp

  1. lamp
Inflection of lamp (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. lamp
genitive sing. lampan
partitive sing. lampad
partitive plur. lampoid
singular plural
nominative lamp lampad
accusative lampan lampad
genitive lampan lampoiden
partitive lampad lampoid
essive-instructive lampan lampoin
translative lampaks lampoikš
inessive lampas lampoiš
elative lampaspäi lampoišpäi
illative lampaha lampoihe
adessive lampal lampoil
ablative lampalpäi lampoilpäi
allative lampale lampoile
abessive lampata lampoita
comitative lampanke lampoidenke
prolative lampadme lampoidme
approximative I lampanno lampoidenno
approximative II lampannoks lampoidennoks
egressive lampannopäi lampoidennopäi
terminative I lampahasai lampoihesai
terminative II lampalesai lampoilesai
terminative III lampassai —
additive I lampahapäi lampoihepäi
additive II lampalepäi lampoilepäi

Borrowed from English lamp.

lamp f or m (plural lampau, not mutable)

  1. lamp
    Synonym: llusern