Word.ws English Dictionary

luma

Syllables: lu·ma/ˈluma/

luma noun: a currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.

Noun (1)

luma (plural lumas or luma)

  1. A currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.

Noun (2)

luma (uncountable)

  1. The brightness in an image, as opposed to the saturation or chroma.

Proper noun capitalized: Luma

Luma (plural Lumas)

  1. A surname.

Forms of luma

Noun
plurallumas
pluralluma
Proper noun
pluralLumas

Origin of luma

From Armenian լումա (luma). Doublet of nummus.

luminance

Questions about luma

What does luma mean?
Luma means a currency unit of Armenia, worth one hundredth of an Armenian dram.
What part of speech is luma?
Luma can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce luma?
Luma is pronounced /ˈluma/.
What is the plural of luma?
The plural of luma is lumas.

Words near luma in the dictionary

  1. lulziness
  2. lulztastic
  3. lulzworthy
  4. lulzy
  5. lum
  6. luma
  7. lumacaftor
  8. lumacell
  9. lumache
  10. lumachel
  11. lumachella

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: luma (page history and authors); Luma (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “luma.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/luma. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.