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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lucern

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lucern
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lamp.

Obsolete

noun

Alternative form of lucerne (the plant alfalfa)

Uncountable

noun

The lynx, viewed as an animal hunted for its fur or skin.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

Latin lucerna.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

lucerns (plural) lusern (alternative) luzern (alternative)

Questions

What does lucern mean?
A lamp.
Where does lucern come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce lucern

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