Lucifer

Lucifer

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Luciferidae – certain prawns.

From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (“light”) +‎ ferō (“bear, carry”)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (“lightbearer”) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈluːsɪfə/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːsɪfə(ɹ)

Lucifer

2. (literary) The planet Venus as the daystar (the morning star).

   Synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus

   Near-synonyms: Vesper, Hesperus, evening star, Venus

3. (biblical) The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.
4. Satan, the Devil.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

• Lucifer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• ferulic

• IPA^(key): [ˈlut͡sɪfɛr]

Lucifer m anim

1. Lucifer (supreme evil spirit)

   Synonyms: Satan, Belzebub

• “Lucifer”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Lucifer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Lucifer”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Middle Dutch Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈly.siˌfɛr/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Lucifer m

1. Lucifer (mythological fallen angel)

• lucifer

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

• IPA^(key): /ly.si.fɛʁ/

Lucifer m

1. Lucifer

• lūcifer (letter case)

From lūx +‎ -fer, calque of Ancient Greek Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.kɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃi.fer]

Lūcifer m sg (genitive Lūciferī); second declension

1. (astronomy) morning star, daystar, planet Venus
2. (biblical) Lucifer
3. (Greek mythology) Lucifer, the fabled son of Aurora and Cephalus, and father of Ceyx
4. (poetic) day

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

• “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lucifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Lucifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Lucifer”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “Lucifer”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Lucifer”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

• Lucyfer, Lucyfere

From Latin Lūcifer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliu̯sifər/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Lucifer

1. Satan; the Devil; the supreme Christian figure of evil.
2. The planet Venus as the daystar.

• English: Lucifer
• Scots: Lucifer

• “Lūcifer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2019.

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the inherited doublet from the same source, luceafăr.

Lucifer m (genitive and dative lui Lucifer)

1. Lucifer

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer.

• IPA^(key): /lǔt͡sifer/
• Hyphenation: Lu‧ci‧fer

Lùcifer m anim (Cyrillic spelling Лу̀цифер)

1. Lucifer

• “Lucifer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Latin Lūcifer. See also the doublet lucífero and Luzbel.

• IPA^(key): /luθiˈfeɾ/ [lu.θiˈfeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /lusiˈfeɾ/ [lu.siˈfeɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: Lu‧ci‧fer

Lucifer

1. Lucifer