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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An inactive village in Scott County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A settlement in Richland County, Montana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A crater in Moon; A lunar impact crater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert
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Broader terms: composer, conductor, music director, director
noun
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: L
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Broader terms: illumination unit
History
From Middle English Lambert, from Old French Lambert, a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans, from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht, from *land (“land”) + *berht (“bright”). Cognate with Old English Landbeorht, Old High German Lantberht, Dutch Lambrecht.
From Lambert; Named for Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), a Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
