luce

See also: Luce, lucè, lucë, and luče

English

Etymology

From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /luːs/
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Homophone: loose

Rhymes: -uːs

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[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  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)

Anagrams

clue, leuc-

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)

light (visible electromagnetic wave; electrical device providing light)
clearance
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
lucido
Lucifero
lucifero
velocità della luce
luci della ribalta, a luci rosse, luce di arresto, luce di posizione
lucore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

luce

third-person singular present indicative of lucere

Latin

Pronunciation 1

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ke/, [ˈɫ̪uːkɛ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃe/, [ˈluːt͡ʃe]

Noun

lūce f

ablative singular of lūx

Pronunciation 2

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.keː/, [ˈɫ̪uːkeː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃe/, [ˈluːt͡ʃe]

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

IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡sɛ/
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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

declension of luce (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) luce	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian\|{{{def}}}]]
genitive/dative	(unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian\|{{{pl}}}]]	[[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian\|{{{pl}}}i]]
vocative

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

luce

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