luke
/luk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A male given name.
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Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
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The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
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An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
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An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
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A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Example Sentences
- ""Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter."
- "The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran."
- "Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you."
- "Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss?"
- "Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill, cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself in the luke water, and turned from his companions; but he died as soon as he touched the water, and the warmness was turned into death to him […]"
- "Next thing, I have a confrince with Barry and I tells him, 'Frankly, kid, it don't look any too hot over there at Regal. In fack, very luke.'"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Lūcās, Λουκᾶς, leuȝke, *hlēowcian
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /luk/
- British English: /luːk/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
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Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
Luk.