🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

luz

Pronunciation / Transliteration: looth

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lumière/ly.mjɛʁ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La luz del sol es esencial para la vida."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

    "The sunlight streaming through the window filled the room with warmth and lumière."
  2. 2

    A source of illumination or brightness.

    "The street lamps provided a soft lumière that guided us home."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'lumière' originates from the Latin 'lumen', meaning light. It evolved through Old French, where it retained the meaning of light and brightness, reflecting the importance of illumination in both a literal and metaphorical sense throughout history.

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