lumbre

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

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

lumbre f (plural lumbres)

1. combustible material
2. fire (matter that has produced or is capable of producing fire)
3. light produced by fire
4. luminosity, clearness

   Synonyms: luminosidad, claridad

• “lumbre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10