lumbre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūmine, singular ablative of lūmen, lūminis, from Proto-Italic *louksmən, from Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥. Compare Galician and Portuguese lume, Asturian llume, Italian lume.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlumbɾe/ [ˈlũm.bɾe]
Rhymes: -umbɾe
Syllabification: lum‧bre

Noun

lumbre f (plural lumbres)

combustible material
fire (matter that has produced or is capable of producing fire)
light produced by fire
luminosity, clearness

Related terms

Related terms

iluminar

Further reading

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

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