lucernaria
[luseɾˈnaɾja]
The verdict
“lucernaria” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lámpara pequeña que se enciende frente a un altar o sepulcro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-lucernaria · lucernaria · Spanish
lucernaria · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lucernaria |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [luseɾˈnaɾja] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lucernaria” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lucernaria is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [luseɾˈnaɾja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lucernaria in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lucernaria, spelled L-U-C-E-R-N-A-R-I-A.
Definition
- 1Lámpara pequeña que se enciende frente a un altar o sepulcro.
- 2Oficio vespertino en la liturgia de las horas de la iglesia cristiana.
- 3Ventana situada en el techo, empleada para iluminar una habitación o para ventilarla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lucernaria appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La figura del pez se grababa en las lamparitas (lucernarias) sepulcrales, ordinariamente de barro, que, a imitación de los paganos, usaron los cristianos, y en otros objetos.
Asimismo llaman lucernaria la hora de vísperas el Concilio 1. de Toledo, San Isidoro in Regul. Monach. cap. 6., Juan Casiano de Instit. Cœnob. cap. 3. y San Epifanio citado por Mendoza en su defensa del Concilio Iliberitano.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.