Lucerne vs Lucern - What's the difference?
lucerne | lucern |
A canton of Switzerland.
A city in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Lucerne.
(the plant alfalfa)
(obsolete) A sort of hunting dog.
* Chapman
(obsolete) An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx); also spelled lusern or luzern.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
As nouns the difference between lucerne and lucern
is that lucerne is alfalfa while lucern is a lamp.As a proper noun Lucerne
is a canton of Switzerland.lucerne
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)Synonyms
* (canton ): the canton of Lucernelucern
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) lucerna.Etymology 2
(etyl) luzerne.Noun
(-)Etymology 3
Uncertain; possibly from Lucerne in Switzerland.Noun
(en noun)- My lucerns , too, or dogs inured to hunt / Beasts of most rapine.
- The polecat, mastern, and the rich-skinned lucern / I know to chase.