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5-letter words (1 found)

LUMEN,

4-letter words (4 found)

LUNE,MENU,MULE,NEUM,

3-letter words (11 found)

ELM,EMU,LEU,LUM,LUN,MEL,MEN,MEU,MUN,ULE,UME,

2-letter words (9 found)

EL,EM,EN,ME,MU,NE,NU,UM,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 26 words from lumen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lumen

lumen ulmen lmuen mluen umlen mulen luemn ulemn leumn elumn uelmn eulmn lmeun mleun lemun elmun melun emlun umeln mueln uemln eumln meuln emuln lumne ulmne lmune mlune umlne mulne lunme ulnme lnume nlume unlme nulme lmnue mlnue lnmue nlmue mnlue nmlue umnle munle unmle numle mnule nmule luenm ulenm leunm elunm uelnm eulnm lunem ulnem lnuem nluem unlem nulem lenum elnum lneum nleum enlum nelum uenlm eunlm unelm nuelm enulm neulm lmenu mlenu lemnu elmnu melnu emlnu lmneu mlneu lnmeu nlmeu mnleu nmleu lenmu elnmu lnemu nlemu enlmu nelmu menlu emnlu mnelu nmelu enmlu nemlu umenl muenl uemnl eumnl meunl emunl umnel munel unmel numel mnuel nmuel uenml eunml uneml nueml enuml neuml menul emnul mneul nmeul enmul nemul

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Definitions and meaning of lumen

lumen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen (“light, an opening”). Use as a unit was first adopted by French physicist André Blondel in 1894.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈluːmən/
  • (General American) enPR: lo͞oʹmən, IPA(key): /ˈlumən/
  • Rhymes: -uːmən
  • Hyphenation: lu‧men

Noun

lumen (plural lumens or lumina)

  1. (physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
  2. (anatomy) The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
  3. (botany) The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.
  4. (medicine) The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • candela
  • luminal
  • lux

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlumɛn]
  • Hyphenation: lu‧men

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lumen.

Noun

lumen m inan

  1. lumen (unit of luminous flux)
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

lumen m anim

  1. capable talented person
Declension

Further reading

  • lumen in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lumen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lumen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu(ː)men/, [ˈlu(ː)me̞n]
  • Rhymes: -umen
  • Syllabification(key): lu‧men

Noun

lumen

  1. (physics, anatomy, botany, medicine) lumen
Declension
Alternative forms
  • luumen

Further reading

  • “lumen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlumen/, [ˈlume̞n]
  • Rhymes: -umen
  • Syllabification(key): lu‧men

Noun

lumen

  1. genitive singular of lumi

Anagrams

  • lemun, melun

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ly.mɛn/

Noun

lumen m (plural lumens)

  1. (physics) lumen (SI unit of measurement)
  2. (anatomy) lumen
  3. (botany) lumen

Further reading

  • “lumen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *louksmən, from Proto-Indo-European *léwk-s-mn̥, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).

Equivalent to lūx +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.men/, [ˈɫ̪uːmɛn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.men/, [ˈluːmen]

Noun

lūmen n (genitive lūminis); third declension

  1. light, source of light
    Synonym: lūx
  2. (poetic) the eyes
  3. (poetic) daylight
  4. (poetic) brightness
  5. (poetic) the light of life
  6. An opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or a window.
  7. The opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel
  8. (figuratively) a luminary, star, light (a most distinguished person)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “lumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lumen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.mɛn/
  • Rhymes: -umɛn
  • Syllabification: lu‧men

Noun

lumen m inan

  1. lumen (SI-unit)
  2. (archaic) display, explanation

Declension

Further reading

  • lumen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lumen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen, French lumen. Doublet of the inherited lume.

Noun

lumen m (plural lumeni)

  1. (physics) lumen (SI unit of measurement)

Noun

lumen n (plural lumene)

  1. (anatomy) lumen

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen. Doublet of the inherited lumbre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlumen/ [ˈlu.mẽn]
  • Rhymes: -umen
  • Syllabification: lu‧men

Noun

lumen m (plural lúmenes)

  1. lumen

Further reading

  • “lumen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lumen.

Noun

lumen

  1. lumen (singular and plural)

Anagrams

  • mulen, mulne

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