lux
/lʌks/
lux noun: in the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx.
Noun
lux (plural lux or luxes or (rare) luces)
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx
- Some volunteers slept in ambient light of about 100 lux and some in only 3 lux, which is close to total darkness.2025 December 9, Veronique Greenwood, “Your Bedroom Probably Isn't Dark Enough”, in TIME
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:lux.
Verb
lux (third-person singular simple present luxes, present participle luxing, simple past and past participle luxed)
Proper noun capitalized: Lux
Lux (plural Luxes)
- A surname.
lux meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lux in Hindi
- लक्स
lux in Tamil
- ஒளியலகு, இலட்சு
lux in Marathi
- लक्स
lux in Urdu
- لکس
More languagesFewer languages
- lux in Bengali
- প্রতি বর্গমিটারে এক লুমেন, স্থানচ্যুত করা, হাড় সন্ধিচ্যুত করা
- lux in Telugu
- లక్స్
- lux in Malayalam
- ലക്സ്
- lux in Kannada
- ಲಕ್ಸ್
- lux in Punjabi
- ਲੱਕਸ
- lux in Gujarati
- લક્સ
- lux in Odia
- ଲକ୍ସ, ଲକ୍ସ୍
- lux in Nepali
- लक्स
- lux in Malay
- lux
- lux in Indonesian
- lux
- lux in Thai
- ลักซ์ lák
Forms of lux
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lux |
| plural | luxes |
| plural (rare) | luces |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | luxes |
| present participle | luxing |
| past participle | luxed |
| past | luxed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Luxes |
Origin of lux
Borrowed from Latin lūx (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz, “day”) and Old English lēoht (noun) (English light).
Compare French luxer. See luxate.
Words formed from lux
Words that rhyme with lux
Questions about lux
- What does lux mean?
- Lux means in the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx.
- What is lux in Hindi?
- Lux in Hindi is लक्स. See Lux meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lux?
- Lux can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lux?
- Lux is pronounced /lʌks/.
- What is the plural of lux?
- The plural of lux is lux.
Words near lux in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lux (page history and authors); Lux (page history and authors); lux (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lux (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lux (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lux (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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