luminary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈluːmɪn(ə)ɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈluməˌnɛɹi/
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From Late Middle English lūminārī, lūminārīe (“lamp; source of spiritual light, example of holiness; glory”), borrowed from Old French luminarie (“lamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness, illumination”), variant of luminaire (“light fixture”) (modern French luminaire), from Medieval Latin lūminārium, from lūmināre (“that which gives light; light; lamp; body giving light, especially a heavenly body”), from lūmen (“light; brightness”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -āris (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). Doublet of luminaire.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: uitblinker — one who is an inspiration to others
• Dutch: lichtend voorbeeld — one who is an inspiration to others
• French: lumière — one who is an inspiration to others
• German: Lichtgestalt — one who is an inspiration to others
• Italian: luminario — one who is an inspiration to others
• Latin: lux — one who is an inspiration to others
• Latvian: spīdeklis — one who is an inspiration to others
• Latvian: spīdekle — one who is an inspiration to others
• Latvian: slavenība — one who is an inspiration to others
• Lithuanian: šviesulys — one who is an inspiration to others
• Russian: свети́ло (svetílo) — one who is an inspiration to others
• Russian: све́точ (svétoč) — one who is an inspiration to others
• Serbo-Croatian: svijetla točka — one who is an inspiration to others
• Serbo-Croatian: svetla tačka — one who is an inspiration to others
• Bulgarian: светило (svetilo) — body that gives light
• Dutch: hemellichaam — body that gives light
• Dutch: ster — body that gives light
• French: astre — body that gives light
• French: luminaire — body that gives light
• Galician: luceiro — body that gives light
• Hebrew: מאור — body that gives light
• Latin: lux — body that gives light
• Latvian: gaismeklis — body that gives light
• Lithuanian: šviesulys — body that gives light
• Russian: свети́ло (svetílo) — body that gives light
• Serbo-Croatian: svjetlilo — body that gives light
• Dutch: lichtbron — artificial light
• French: luminaire — artificial light
• Latin: lux — artificial light
• Latvian: gaismeklis — artificial light
• Māori: rama — artificial light
• Māori: tūrama — artificial light
• Māori: raiti — artificial light
• Spanish: luminaria — artificial light
• Spanish: alumbrado — artificial light