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Definitions and meaning of luz
luz
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrewלוּז(luz, “almond”).
Noun
luz
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.
The almond tree
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latinlux.
Noun
luzf
light
References
Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “luz”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portugueseluz, from Latinlūcem, from Proto-Italic*louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-(“white; light; bright”). Compare Portugueseluz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈluθ], (western)[ˈlus]
Noun
luzf (pluralluces)
light
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 Latinlūcem, from Proto-Italic*louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-(“white; light; bright”).
Noun
luzf
daylight
Related terms
Descendants
Galician: luz
Portuguese: luz
Further reading
Universo Cantigas - "luz"
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Germanlos, from Old High Germanlōs, from Proto-Germanic*lausaz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lus/
Rhymes: -us
Syllabification: luz
Noun
luzm inan (diminutiveluzik)
a spacious place
(colloquial) free time, leisure
(colloquial) ease (freedom from effort, difficulty or hardship)
Synonym:swoboda
(colloquial) margin (in machine learning: distance from the data point to a decision boundary)
Synonym:marża
(colloquial, automotive) idle (running a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is not in motion)
Synonym:bieg jałowy
Declension
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-Portugueseluz, from Latinlūcem, from Proto-Italic*louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-(“white; light; bright”). Doublet of lux. Compare Galicianluz.
Pronunciation
Rhymes: (Brazil)-us, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro)-uʃ
Hyphenation: luz
Noun
luzf (pluralluzes)
light (medium within which vision is possible)
1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:
light; light source (object that emits light)
(figurative) light; enlightenment (knowledge about things as they really are)
(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
inflection of luzir:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanishluz, from Latinlūcem, 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
luzf (pluralluces)
light
(anatomy) lumen
(figurative, usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence
(figurative) focus, point of view, understanding
(electricity) electric power
(architecture) span
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“luz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014