lagune

See also: Lagune

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lagune.

Noun

lagune (plural lagunes)

1. Dated form of lagoon.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lagune in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Naugle, genual, langue, ulnage

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Danish

Etymology

From French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna "pond, hole", from lacus "pond, lake"

Noun

lagune c (singular definite lagunen, plural indefinite laguner)

1. lagoon

Inflection

Declension of lagune

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lagune	lagunen	laguner	lagunerne
genitive	lagunes	lagunens	laguners	lagunernes

References

• “lagune” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

lagune

Etymology

From French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna (“pond, hole”), from lacus (“pond, lake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlaːˈɣy.nə/

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• Hyphenation: la‧gu‧ne
• Rhymes: -ynə

Noun

lagune f (plural lagunes or lagunen, diminutive lagunetje n)

1. lagoon, shallow body of coastal water

Synonyms

• strandmeer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna. Doublet of lacune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ɡyn/

• Audio

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Noun

lagune f (plural lagunes)

1. lagoon, shallow body of coastal water

Related terms

• lagunaire
• lagunage
• laguner

Further reading

• “lagune” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• englua
• langue

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -une

Noun

lagune f

1. plural of laguna

Anagrams

• langue

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin lacuna, via Italian laguna and German Lagune

Noun

lagune m (definite singular lagunen, indefinite plural laguner, definite plural lagunene)

1. a lagoon

References

• “lagune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin lacuna, via Italian laguna and German Lagune

Noun

lagune m (definite singular lagunen, indefinite plural lagunar, definite plural lagunane)
lagune f (definite singular laguna, indefinite plural laguner, definite plural lagunene)

1. a lagoon

References

• “lagune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.