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Is lux a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lux is a Scrabble US word. The word lux is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word lux is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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3-letter words (1 found)

LUX,

2-letter words (1 found)

XU,

You can make 2 words from lux according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of lux

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Definitions and meaning of lux

lux

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʌks/

Homophone: lucks

  • Rhymes: -ʌks

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lūx (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz, “day”) and Old English lēoht (noun) (English light).

Noun

lux (plural lux or luxes)

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx
Related terms
  • fiat lux
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare French luxer. See luxate.

Verb

lux (third-person singular simple present luxes, present participle luxing, simple past and past participle luxed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dislocate; to luxate.

See also

  • luxed up

References

  • “lux”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • ULX, XUL

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈluks]

Noun

lux m inan

  1. lux (unit of illuminance or illumination)

Declension

Further reading

  • lux in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lux in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • lux in Internetová jazyková příručka

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks. Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate) and Old English lēoht (English light (noun)).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /luːks/, [ɫ̪uːks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luks/, [luks]

Noun

lūx f (genitive lūcis); third declension

  1. light (of the sun, stars etc.)
    Synonym: lūmen
  2. daylight, day, moonlight
    Synonym: aurōra
    prima luce ― at daybreak
    ad lucem ― at dawn
  3. life
    Synonym: vīta
  4. (figuratively) public view
  5. glory, encouragement
  6. enlightenment, explanation
  7. splendour
  8. eyesight, the eyes, luminary

Declension

Third-declension noun.

  • A locative singular lūcī is attested by Plautus, meaning "by daylight".

Derived terms

  • ēlūcus
  • lūce (“in the daytime”)
  • lūce carentēs (“the dead”)
  • lūcidus
  • lūcifer
  • lūcīnus, Lūcīna
  • lūculentus
  • prīmā lūce (“at daybreak”)

Related terms

  • luceo, lucere
  • lūmen

Descendants

References

  • “lux”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lux”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lux 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)
  • lux in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux. Doublet of the inherited luz.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lux

Noun

lux m (plural lux or luxes)

  1. lux (the derived unit of illuminance)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lux.

Noun

lux m (plural lucși)

  1. lux

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux. Doublet of the inherited luz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluɡs/ [ˈluɣ̞s]
  • Rhymes: -uɡs
  • Syllabification: lux

Noun

lux m (plural lux)

  1. lux

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux.

Noun

lux c

  1. lux (singular and plural)

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