lucerne
/luːˈsɜːn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A canton of Switzerland.
name
The capital city of Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
name
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
name
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
name
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
name
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
name
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
name
A number of places in the United States (others are spelt Luzerne):
Example Sentences
- "I have mixed lucerne, partially cured, in alternate strata with dry barley-straw on the mow, and found that cattle greedily consumed both in winter, when fed out in the yard."
- "Harvesting. With the aid of thoroughly up-to-date machinery, lucerne haymaking on the farm has become a regular routine. Briefly, the hay is cut with an ordinary mower, drawn into windrows with a rotary rake, picked up by a hay loader, carted direct to a derrick press, baled and wired without the formality of being stacked, and drawn at once to the railway. From waving lucerne in the paddock to fragrant hay on the truck something less than three days is involved in the height of the season, and a team of eight men, including the foreman, keep pace with the growth of 120 acres."
- "I went and sat in the pile of lucerne hay."
Etymology
From French Lucerne, known in Swiss German as Lozärn, from Medieval Latin Lucernense, Luciaria, Lucerna, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Latin lūcĭus (“pike”) with the suffix -ārĭa, as in "place with a large number of pike." Popular etymology associated it with lucerna (“lantern”), though both words are related to lux (“light”). Also compare Leodegar, Burgundian bishop of Autun.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /luːˈsɜːn/