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lux

English

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 or (rare) luces)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lux.

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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lux”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lux”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluks]

Noun

lūx f (genitive lūcis); third declension

1. light (of the sun, stars etc.)

   Synonym: lūmen
2. daylight, day, moonlight

   Synonym: aurōra

   prīmā lūce ― at daybreak

   ad lūcem ― 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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lux.

Noun

lux c

1. lux (singular and plural)