lucerne
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of lucerne
14 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A canton of Switzerland.
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name
- A canton of Switzerland.
- The capital city of Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
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(archaic, uncountable)Alfalfa.
“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.”
“I went and sat in the pile of lucerne hay.”
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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…
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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.
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