lumia

See also: Lumia and lùmia

English

Etymology 1

Noun

lumia (plural lumias)

1. A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.

   Synonyms: French lime, pear lemon, sweet lemon

Etymology 2

Coined by the musician and inventor Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), presumably from Latin lumen (“light”).

Noun

lumia (uncountable)

1. (art) The use of light patterns as an expressive art form, unaccompanied by sound.

See also

• clavilux

Anagrams

• Umali, aumil, miaul, mulai

Finnish

Noun

lumia

1. partitive plural of lumi

Italian

Noun

lumia f (plural lumie)

1. citron (plant and fruit)

Anagrams

• lumai

Spanish

Noun

lumia f (plural lumias)

1. whore; hooker

Further reading

• “lumia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014