English Explanatory Dictionary

Luke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name.
  2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
  3. The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
  4. An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
  5. An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
  6. A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  7. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  8. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  9. A village in Tartu, Estonia.
  10. A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
  11. A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
  12. A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.
adj
  1. lukewarm

Pronunciation

/luːk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Luke.wav /luk/ /lʉk/ /lɪu̯k/ [lyːk] /l(j)uːk/

Word forms

Luke Luk. Lk Luc.

Etymology

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

Synonyms

Luk.

Related words

Lock Locke Locket Lockett Lockey Lockie Lockitt Look Loukes Lucas Luck Luckes Luckett Luckman Lucks Lugg Lukeman Lukes McLucas McLuckie McLugash Luca Luka Matthew Mark John

Derived words

Lukan Luke-Acts lukecold lukehot lukeness lukewarm

Translations

Afrikaans: Lukas Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚𐔼 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܠܘܼܩܵܐ Aramaic: כרוזותא דלוקא Aramaic: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ Armenian: Ավետարան ըստ Ղուկասի Asturian: Lluques Basque: Lukas Breton: Lukaz Burmese: ရှင်လုကာခရစ်ဝင် Catalan: Lluc Cebuano: Lucas Chinese Cantonese: 路加福音 Eastern Min Chinese: 路加福音 Hakka Chinese: 路加福音 Chinese: 路加福音 Chinese Mandarin: 路加福音 Corsican: Lucca Czech: Lukáš Danish: Lukasevangeliet Estonian: Luuka Farefare: Luki Farefare: Aluki Farefare: Luka Finnish: Luukkaan evankeliumi West-Frisian: Lukas Georgian: ლუკას სახარება Greek: κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον Hawaiian: Luka Hindi: लूका Hungarian: Lukács Icelandic: Lúkas Ido: Lukas Indonesian: Lukas Irish: Soiscéal Lúcáis Irish: Lúcás Italian: Luca Japanese: ルカによる福音書 Kazakh: Лұқа Korean: 루카 복음서 Central Kurdish: لۆقا Latin: Lucas Latvian: Lūka Limburgish: Lucas
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