English Explanatory Dictionary

Lambert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
  5. An inactive village in Scott County, Missouri.
  6. A settlement in Richland County, Montana.
  7. A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
  8. A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
  9. A crater in Moon; A lunar impact crater.
noun
  1. a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre

Pronunciation

/ˈlæmbɚt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lambert.wav

Word forms

Lambert Lamberts

Etymology

From Middle English Lambert, from Old French Lambert, a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans, from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht, from *land (“land”) + *berht (“bright”). Cognate with Old English Landbeorht, Old High German Lantberht, Dutch Lambrecht.

Synonyms

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Derived words

Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law Beer-Lambert law Eaton-Lambert syndrome Lambert-Beer law Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome Lambert-Eaton syndrome Lambertian Lambertism Lambertist lambert Lambert pine Lambert's cosine law Lambert's emission law Lambert series Lambert's law Lambert W function Saint-Lambert foot-lambert L microlambert millilambert
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