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Meaning of lucerna | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ɫʊˈkɛr.na]

Definitions

  1. a lamp, an oil lamp
    declension-1, feminine
  2. Equivalent to 'oil lamp': A simple vessel used to produce light continuously for a period of time from a liquid fuel source, especially lamp oil.

Equivalents

Examples

“quoniam nōn habent futūrōrum spem malī et lucerna impiōrum extinguētur”

For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. (trans. Douay-Rheims Bible)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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