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lume.

THE SHORT MEANING

Fire or light.

Light & space

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlũ.mi/Brazil/ˈlu.mɨ/Portugal
  1. flame, fire (to cook or keep oneself warm)

    masculine
  2. lumen

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lume, from Latin lūmen. Cognate with Galician, French, Italian, and Romanian lume, Spanish lumbre, Catalan llum and Occitan lum. In the sense of "lumen" it is a modern neologism. Doublet of lúmen, a borrowing.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.