luce

See also: Luce, lucè, lucë, luče, and lúče

English

Etymology

From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /luːs/

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• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈlʉs/
• Homophone: loose
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

luce (plural luces)

1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] 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 […].

Derived terms

• sea-luce

Translations

Esox lucius

• Bulgarian: щука f (štuka)

See also

• eau de luce

Anagrams

• clue, leuc-

Galician

Verb

luce

1. second-person singular imperative of lucir

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃe/

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• 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)

1. light (visible electromagnetic wave; electrical device providing light)
2. clearance
3. span (engineering)

Related terms

• dare alla luce, mettere in buona luce, mettere in cattiva luce, portare alla luce, venire alla luce, alla luce di
• lucere
• lucerna
• luci della ribalta, a luci rosse, luce di arresto, luce di posizione
• lucido
• lucifero
• Lucifero
• lucore
• velocità della luce

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

luce

1. 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

1. ablative singular of lūx

Adverb

lūce (not comparable)

1. by daylight

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.kɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃe]

Noun

lūce

1. vocative singular of lūcus

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.keː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃe]

Verb

lūcē

1. 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

1. inflection of lūcan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Verb

luce

1. inflection of lūcan:
   1. second-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡sɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ut͡sɛ
• Syllabification: lu‧ce

Noun

luce f

1. dative/locative singular of luka

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *léwks

Proto-Italic *louks

Latin lux

Romanian luce

Inherited from Latin lux.

Noun

luce f (plural luci)

1. (dated) light
2. shine
3. beauty

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	luce	lucea	luci	lucile
genitive-dative	luci	lucii	luci	lucilor
vocative	luce, luceo		lucilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluθe/ [ˈlu.θe] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈluse/ [ˈlu.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθe (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -use (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: lu‧ce

Verb

luce

1. inflection of lucir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative