luminar

English

Adjective

luminar (not comparable)

  1. Relating to light
    • 1848, John Bernhard Stallo, General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature
      Those who are familiar with the laws of interference, of the polarization of light, &c, know, that, according to the wave theory, the luminar vibrations are not longitudinal, like the vibrations of sound []
  2. Relating to lumens

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from lūmen (light).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.mi.naːr/, [ˈɫuː.mɪ.naːr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.mi.nar/, [ˈluː.mi.nar]

Noun

lūminār n (genitive lūmināris); third declension

  1. window
  2. (by extension) An opening that lets light inside a place.
Declension

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lūminār lūmināria
Genitive lūmināris lūminārium
Dative lūminārī lūmināribus
Accusative lūminār lūmināria
Ablative lūminārī lūmināribus
Vocative lūminār lūmināria

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lumiˈnaɾ/

Noun

luminar m (plural luminares)

  1. shining star
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