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Definitions and meaning of luz

luz

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew לוּז (luz, “almond”).

Noun

luz

1. A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.
2. The almond tree

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin lux.

Noun

luz f

1. light

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “luz”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Compare Portuguese luz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluθ], (western) [ˈlus]

Noun

luz f (plural luces)

1. light
2. daylight

Derived terms

• lucecú
• luceiro

Related terms

• lucir

References

• “luz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “luz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “luz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “luz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “luz” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).

Noun

luz f

1. daylight

Related terms

Descendants

• Galician: luz
• Portuguese: luz

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "luz"

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German los, from Old High German lōs, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lus/
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: luz

Noun

luz m inan (diminutive luzik)

1. a spacious place
2. (colloquial) free time, leisure
3. (colloquial) ease (freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship)

   Synonym: swoboda

4. (colloquial) margin (in machine learning: distance from the data point to a decision boundary)

   Synonym: marża

5. (colloquial, automotive) idle (running a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is not in motion)

   Synonym: bieg jałowy

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Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Doublet of lux. Compare Galician luz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃ
• Hyphenation: luz

Noun

luz f (plural luzes)

2. light (medium within which vision is possible)
   • 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:

4. light; light source (object that emits light)
6. (figurative) light; enlightenment (knowledge about things as they really are)
7. (colloquial) electricity

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:luz.

Derived terms

• à luz de
• dar à luz

Related terms

• lúcido
• lucífero
• luzerna
• lúzio
• luzir

Etymology 2

Verb

luz

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish luz, from Latin lūcem, from Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *léwks (“light”). Compare the borrowed doublet lux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈluθ/ [ˈluθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈlus/ [ˈlus]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -uθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: luz

Noun

luz f (plural luces)

1. light

2. (anatomy) lumen
3. (figurative, usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence

4. (figurative) focus, point of view, understanding

5. (electricity) electric power

6. (architecture) span

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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