lamp
/ˈlæ̝mp/noun, verb
lamp is spelled L-A-M-P: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lamp means “A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lamp is lamps.
How many letters and syllables are in lamp?
| Letters | 4: L-A-M-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lamp?
Lamp appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lamp?
- UK /ˈlæ̞mp/
- US /ˈlæ̝mp/
- [ˈleə̯mp]
Lamp has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-lamp.ogg, En-us-lamp.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lamp?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lamp from its last stressed vowel (/æmp/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: palm.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lamp
- lamps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lamping participle, present
- lamped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lamp mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- 2
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
- 3
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
- 4
An eye.
verb
- 1
UKslangTo hit, clout, belt, wallop.
- 2
IrelandUKTo hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
- 3
USslangTo hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
- 4
To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.
noun
- 1
Acronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
- 2
Acronym of lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lamp in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lampe |
| German | Lampe , Öllampe |
| Portuguese | luminária, lâmpada , candeia |
| Spanish | lámpara , candil, fogaril |
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 lamp come from?
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).