name · noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlæ̞mp/
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General-American:/ˈlæ̝mp/without æ-raising
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[ˈleə̯mp]æ-raising
[ˈlɛə̯mp]æ-raising
rhymes with -æmp
CMU ARPABET:L AE1 M P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
Acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Python/Perl: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
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noun
Meaning 6
An eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
Meaning 7
Acronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh2p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”). Displaced native Old English lēohtfæt (literally “light-vat”).
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Translations
288 source translations are retained for this English entry.