| anglais > français | |
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| lantern | |
| 1. n. Lanterne. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| lantern | |
| 1. n. A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. |  |
| 2. n. (theatre) Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight). | |
| 3. n. (architecture) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. | |
| 4. n. (architecture) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. | |
| 5. n. (architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light. | |
| the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral | |
| 6. n. (engineering) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. | |
| 7. n. (steam engines) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; a lantern br | |
| 8. n. (rail transport) A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night. | |
| 9. n. (metalworking) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. | |
| 10. n. (zoology) Aristotle's lantern | |
| 11. v. To furnish with a lantern. | |
| to lantern a lighthouse | |
| français > anglais | |
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| lanterne | |
| 1. n-f. lantern | |
| 2. n-f. street light | |
