lambert
noun
lambert is spelled L-A-M-B-E-R-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Lambert, the name). As a noun, lambert means “a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lambert is lamberts.
How many letters and syllables are in lambert?
| Letters | 7: L-A-M-B-E-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is lambert?
Lambert appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Lambert, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lambert?
Lambert has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lambert
- lamberts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lambert mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lambert in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lambert |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lambert come from?
From Lambert; Named for Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), a Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).