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Definition for: lake

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lake (body of water) < Old French lack < Latin lacus (hollow, lake, pond) < Proto-Indo-European *lak- .

Etymology 2

From French laque (lacquer) < Persian lak < Hindi lakh < Sanskrit laksha ("one hundred thousand," referring to the number of insects that gather on the trees and make the resin seep out).

Pronunciation

    Rhymes: -eɪk

Noun

Singular
lake

Plural
lakes

lake ( plural lakes )

  1. Large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water.
  2. In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
  3. ( In the plural ) an area characterised by its many lakes; e.g., the English Lake District is often shortened to The Lakes.

Derived terms

Translations

body of water

  • Albanian: liqen m .
  • Arabic: بُحَيْرَةٌ (buħáira) f .
  • Aragonese: ibón m . , laco m .
  • Blackfoot: mo'toyaohkii
  • Bulgarian: езеро (jézero) n .
  • Catalan: llac m .
  • Chinese: 湖 (hú)
  • Cree: kihchikamiy
  • Croatian: jezero n .
  • Czech: jezero n .
  • Danish: sø
  • Dutch: meer n .
  • Esperanto: lago
  • Fijian: drano
  • Finnish: järvi
  • French: lac m .
  • Frisian: mar m .
  • German: See m . , Seen pl .
  • Greek: λίμνη (límnī) f .
  • Hebrew: אגם (agam) m .
  • Hungarian: tó
  • Icelandic: vatn n .
  • Indonesian: danau
  • Irish: loch m .
  • Italian: lago m .
  • Japanese: 湖 (みずうみ, mizuúmi), ～湖 (こ, ko) (as suffix)
  • Korean: 호수 (hosu)
  • Lakota: ble
  • Latin: lacus m .
  • Latvian ezers m .
  • Lithuanian: ežeras m .
  • Maori: roto
  • Mongolian: nuur
  • Norwegian: innsjø
  • Ojibwe: zaaga'igan, zaaga'iganan pl .
  • Polish: jezioro n .
  • Portuguese: lago m .
  • Proto-Polynesian: *rano
  • Romanian: lac n .
  • Russian: озеро (ózero) n . , озёра (ozjóra) pl .
  • Sardinian: lagu m .
  • Serbian: језеро (jezero) n .
  • Slovak: jazero n .
  • Slovene: jezero n .
  • Spanish: lago m .
  • Swahili: jito sg . , majito pl (noun 5/6)
  • Swedish: sjö c . , insjö c .
  • Thai: สาบ (sààp), ทะเลสาบ (thálehsààp)
  • Tibetan: (co)
  • Turkish: göl
  • Ukrainian: озеро (ózero) n .
  • Vietnamese: hồ
  • Welsh: llyn

coloring agent

  • Arabic: صِبْغ اللَك (ʂíbğu l-lák) m .
  • Finnish: lakka
  • French: laque f .
  • German: Farbstoff m .
  • Greek: ­­­­­λάκη (láki) f .
  • Hungarian: lakk
  • Hebrew: לכה (lakah) f .
  • Italian: lacca f .
  • Japanese: ニス (nísu), 漆 (うるし, urushí)
  • Korean: 래커 (raekeo)
  • Norwegian: fargestoff n .
  • Polish: lakier m .
  • Portuguese: laca f .
  • Russian: лак (lak) m .
  • Spanish: laca f .
  • Thai: ครั่ง (khràng)

Norwegian

Noun

lake m

  1. Pickle, brine
  2. Burbot, eelpout

Verb

å lake

  1. To pickle

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