luzerna
Portuguese, noun/luˈzɛʁ.nɐ/
luzerna is spelled L-U-Z-E-R-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luzerna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “oil lamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta pratense trifoliada da família Fabaceae (Medicago polymorpha)”.
What does luzerna mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoil lamp
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta pratense trifoliada da família Fabaceae (Medicago polymorpha) 2. vide lucerna 3. vide alfafa
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina
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 luzerna
- luzernas plural
- lucerna alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luzerna?
- Brazil /luˈzɛʁ.nɐ/
- Brazil [luˈzɛɦ.nɐ]
- /luˈzɛɾ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is luzerna in Portuguese?
luzerna appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).