lucerna
Portuguese, noun/luˈsɛʁ.nɐ/
lucerna is spelled L-U-C-E-R-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lucerna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of luzerna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lanterna”.
What does lucerna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of luzerna
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lanterna 2. lampadário 3. clarabóia 4. fresta do telhado por onde entra a luz
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lucerna
- lucernas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lucerna?
- Brazil /luˈsɛʁ.nɐ/
- Brazil [luˈsɛɦ.nɐ]
- /luˈsɛɾ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lucerna in Portuguese?
lucerna appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).