"lucubrate" meaning in All languages combined

See lucubrate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈluː.kjə.bɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-lucubrate.ogg [US] Forms: lucubrates [present, singular, third-person], lucubrating [participle, present], lucubrated [participle, past], lucubrated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūcubrātus, perfect passive participle of lūcubrō (“work by candlelight”), from lūx (“light”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{bor|en|la|lūcubrātus}} Latin lūcubrātus, {{m|la|lūcubrō||work by candlelight}} lūcubrō (“work by candlelight”), {{m|la|lūx||light}} lūx (“light”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lucubrate (third-person singular simple present lucubrates, present participle lucubrating, simple past and past participle lucubrated)
  1. (rare) To work diligently by artificial light; to study at night. Tags: rare Translations (work diligently by artificial light; to study at night): pernocter (French), veiller en travaillant (French), 蛍雪の功を積む (keisetsu no kou wo tsumu) (Japanese), lūcūbrō (Latin), рабо́тать но́чью (rabótatʹ nóčʹju) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lucubrate-en-verb-~X4f-ojR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'work diligently by artificial light; to study at night': 99 1
  2. To work or write like a scholar. Translations (work or write like a scholar): усе́рдно труди́ться (usérdno trudítʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lucubrate-en-verb-1NqMdjOq Disambiguation of 'work or write like a scholar': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: burn the midnight oil, elucubrate, pull an all-nighter Derived forms: lucubrated [obsolete] Related terms: elucubrate, lucubration, lucubratist [obsolete], lucubrator, lucubratory

Verb [Latin]

Forms: lūcubrāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=lūcubrāte}} lūcubrāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of lūcubrō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: lūcubrō
    Sense id: en-lucubrate-la-verb-ttudD6Ur Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} lucubrate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of lucubrar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: lucubrar
    Sense id: en-lucubrate-es-verb-psiv6kwS Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lucubrate meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)

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