lambert

Other forms of lambert

plural

lamberts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lambert

What does lambert mean?

lambert means "a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lambert?

lambert has 2 syllables: lam-bert. The stress falls on "lam". In IPA it is /ˈlæmbɚt/.

What is another word for lambert?

Close synonyms include L, Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lambert a common word?

lambert is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.