lambert
US/ˈlæmbɚt/
lambert noun: a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre.
Noun
lambert (plural lamberts)
- a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre
- Synonyms:
- L
Proper noun capitalized: Lambert
Lambert (countable and uncountable, plural Lamberts)
- A male given name from the Germanic languages; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
- At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:
There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
The swelling difference of your settled hate1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act I, scene I
- At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day:
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- Elisheva Lambert called herself a “totally neurotic Jew from Toronto who is doing everything my parents didn’t want me to.[…]”2002 January 17, Alina Tugend, “Reaching Out, With Cheek, to Young Jewish Readers”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
- Life on Martha’s Vineyard has been mostly ideal for 11-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lambert, the protagonist of Ann Clare LeZotte’s historical novel SHOW ME A SIGN (Scholastic, 288 pp., $18.99; ages 8 to 12).2020 April 27, Meg Medina, “A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- A town in Quitman County, Mississippi.
- An inactive village in Scott County, Missouri.
- A settlement in Richland County, Montana.
- A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
- A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.
- A crater in Moon; A lunar impact crater.
lambert meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lambert in Hindi
- लैम्बर्ट, लेम्बर्ट
lambert in Tamil
- இலம்பேட்டு
lambert in Marathi
- लॅम्बर्ट, लँबर्ट, लॅम्बेर्ट
lambert in Urdu
- لیمبرٹ, لامبرٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- lambert in Bengali
- ল্যামবার্ট, লামবার্ট, ল্যাম্বার্ট
- lambert in Telugu
- లాంబెర్ట్, లాంబర్ట్, ల్యాంబర్ట్
- lambert in Malayalam
- ലാംബെർട്ട്, ലാംബർട്ട്, ലാംബെർട്
- lambert in Kannada
- ಲ್ಯಾಂಬರ್ಟ್, ಲ್ಯಾಮ್ಬರ್ಟ್
- lambert in Punjabi
- ਲੈਂਬਰਟ, ਲੈੰਬਰਟ, ਲੈਮਬਰਟ
- lambert in Gujarati
- લેમ્બર્ટ, લામ્બર્ટ, લેમબર્ટ
- lambert in Odia
- ଲାମ୍ବର୍ଟ, ଲ୍ଯ଼ାମ୍ବର୍ଟ, ଲାମ୍ବର୍ଟ୍
- lambert in Nepali
- लाम्बर्ट, ल्याम्बर्ट, लेम्बर्ट
Synonyms of lambert
Forms of lambert
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lamberts |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Lamberts |
Origin of lambert
From Lambert; Named for Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), a Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
From Middle English Lambert, from Old French Lambert, a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by the Normans, from Proto-West Germanic *Landaberht, from *land (“land”) + *berht (“bright”). Cognate with Old English Landbeorht, Old High German Lantbërht, Dutch Lambrecht.
Words formed from lambert
- foot-lambert
- L
- microlambert
- millilambert
- Beer-Lambert-Bouguer law
- Beer-Lambert law
- Eaton-Lambert syndrome
- Lambert-Beer law
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
- Lambert-Eaton syndrome
- Lambertian
- Lambertism
- Lambertist
- Lambert pine
- Lambert's cosine law
- Lambert's emission law
- Lambert series
- Lambert's law
- Lambertville
- Lambert W function
- Saint-Lambert
Phrases with lambert
Questions about lambert
- What does lambert mean?
- Lambert means a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre.
- What is lambert in Hindi?
- Lambert in Hindi is लैम्बर्ट, लेम्बर्ट. See Lambert meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lambert?
- Lambert can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lambert?
- Lambert is pronounced /ˈlæmbɚt/ (US).
- What is the plural of lambert?
- The plural of lambert is lamberts.
Words near lambert in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lambert (page history and authors); Lambert (page history and authors); lambert (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lambert (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lambert (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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