laguna

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Basque

Noun

laguna

  1. absolutive singular of lagun

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡuna/
  • Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

laguna (Badlit spelling ᜎᜄᜓᜈ)

  1. meadow, pasture, grassland
    Synonyms: tawid, pastohan, balilihan
    Ilawig ang kabaw sa laguna.
    Pasture the carabao in the meadow.

Derived terms

Czech

Noun

laguna f

  1. lagoon

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From earlier *lacuna, from Latin lacūna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡu.na/
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Hyphenation: la‧gù‧na

Noun

laguna f (plural lagune)

  1. lagoon

Descendants

  • French: lagune
    • Danish: lagune
    • Dutch: lagune
    • English: lagoon
  • Portuguese: laguna
  • Romanian: lagună

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

lagūna f (genitive lagūnae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of lagoena

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lagūna lagūnae
genitive lagūnae lagūnārum
dative lagūnae lagūnīs
accusative lagūnam lagūnās
ablative lagūnā lagūnīs
vocative lagūna lagūnae

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

laguna m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of lagune

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡu.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Syllabification: la‧gu‧na
  • Homophone: Laguna

Noun

laguna f

  1. lagoon

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • laguna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • laguna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan laguna, Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna. Cf. also Spanish laguna. Doublet of lagoa, which was inherited from Latin, and of lacuna, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

laguna f (plural lagunas)

  1. lagoon (shallow body of water separated from the sea by a bar)
    Synonym: albufeira

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

laguna f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lagună

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɡǔːna/
  • Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na

Noun

lagúna f (Cyrillic spelling лагу́на)

  1. lagoon

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lacūna. Cognate with English lagoon and lacuna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈɡuna/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Syllabification: la‧gu‧na

Noun

laguna f (plural lagunas)

  1. lagoon
  2. lake, pond, pool (smaller than lago but bigger than charca)
  3. lacuna, gap, hole, void
  4. shortcoming, deficiency
  5. omission
  6. (law) loophole

Derived terms

Further reading