lampe
French, noun
lampe is spelled L-A-M-P-E (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lampe is a French feminine noun meaning “lamp, light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lamper. With an accent, lampé is a different word: “past participle of lamper”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ustensile fixe ou mobile qui sert à l’éclairage, rempli d’un liquide combustible et muni d’une mèche. La…”.
What does lampe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelamp, light
- 2
femininebulb
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of lamper
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ustensile fixe ou mobile qui sert à l’éclairage, rempli d’un liquide combustible et muni d’une mèche. La flamme peut être protégée d’un verre et le corps comprend le réservoir, le manche ou le pied. 2. Récipient garni d’huile et d’une mèche qui brûle jour et nuit dans les églises devant le Saint Sacrement. 3. Appareil fixe ou mobile au gaz ou muni d’une ou de plusieurs ampoules électriques. 4. L’ampoule elle-même.
noun: 1. (Vaud) Oseille des Alpes, ou rhubarbe des moines (Rumex alpinus), plante autrefois cultivée comme fourrage des porcs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lampe
- lampes plural
- lampée feminine
- lampés masculine plural
- lampées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lampe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lampe in French?
lampe appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).