lantern
Meaning of lantern
noun
- a lamp with a transparent case protecting the flame or electric bulb, and typically having a handle by which it may be carried or hung.
a paper lantern
- a square, curved, or polygonal structure on the top of a dome or a room, with the sides glazed or open so as to admit light.
the building is well lit by the ring of windows in the octagonal lantern
Middle English: from Old French lanterne, from Latin lanterna, from Greek lamptēr ‘torch, lamp’, from lampein ‘to shine’.
Information about lantern
- It is a name.
- The plural form of lantern is: lanterns.
- Languages in which lantern is used:
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Hyphenation of lantern
lantern
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- lantern is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of lantern
Words that rhyme with lantern
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