lumière

Inherited from Middle French lumiere f, from Old French lumiere f, from Late Latin lūmināria f (“light”), neuter plural of lūmināre n (“star”) become feminine, ultimately from Latin lūmen n. Doublet of luminaire m.

Compare Occitan lumenaria f and Italian luminaria f.

• IPA^(key): /ly.mjɛʁ/

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lumière f (plural lumières)

1. light
2. (anatomy) lumen

• obscurité f
• ténèbre f

• “lumière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.