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ROMANIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

lume.

world

4 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlu.me/
  1. world

    also · feminine · figuratively
  2. people

    feminine
    Când vezi că lumea te înjură, răspunde cu aceeași monedă!
  3. humanity, mankind

    feminine
  4. illumination, light, brightness, sight

    feminine · obsolete · regional
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin lūmen. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Slavic, which displaced the original meaning light. Presumably, the semantic evolution began with 'light' → 'in the open, visible to all' → 'the public' → 'all people' → 'the whole world'. Compare Hungarian világ and Old Church Slavonic свѣтъ (světŭ). Doublet of lumen.

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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.