English

Noun

lucarne ‎(plural lucarnes)

1. (architecture) A dormer-window.

French

Etymology

From Middle French lucarne, luquarme, from Old French lucanne ‎(“opening in the roof of a house, skylight, loft”), from Frankish *lūkinna ‎(“opening closed by a valve, flap”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkinjō ‎(“aperture, window”), from *lūkaną ‎(“to lock, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‎(“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Low German lūke ‎(“skylight, window”), Dutch luik ‎(“trap door, shutter”), German Luke ‎(“hatch, hatchway, skylight”). More at lock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lykaʁn/

Noun

lucarne f ‎(plural lucarnes)

1. dormer window
2. skylight
3. (soccer, colloquial) top corner of the net

Anagrams

• lanceur