luminaire
French, noun/ly.mi.nɛʁ/
luminaire is spelled L-U-M-I-N-A-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luminaire is a French masculine noun meaning “a luminaire, a light fixture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corps naturel qui éclaire”.
What does luminaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea luminaire, a light fixture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Corps naturel qui éclaire. 2. Un des deux corps célestes les plus brillants dans le ciel : la Soleil ou la Lune. 3. Ce qui sert à éclairer. 4. Les cierges que l’on brûle durant le rite de l’Église catholique romaine.
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 luminaire
- luminaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luminaire?
- /ly.mi.nɛʁ/
- \ly.mi.nɛʁ\
- [ly.mi.nɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to luminaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is luminaire in French?
luminaire appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).