laguna

laguna

1. absolutive singular of lagun

laguna f

1. lagoon

From earlier *lacuna, from Latin lacūna.

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

laguna f (plural lagune)

1. lagoon

• lago

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

• langua, lugana

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈɡuː.na/, [ɫ̪äˈɡuːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈɡu.na/, [läˈɡuːnä]

lagūna f (genitive lagūnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of lagoena

First-declension noun.

• “lagōna” on page 1098 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• “laguna” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

• lagunen

laguna m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lagune

Borrowed from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna.

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡu.na/

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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: la‧gu‧na
• Homophone: Laguna

laguna f

1. lagoon

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

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

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũnɐ, (Portugal) -unɐ
• Homophone: Laguna
• Hyphenation: la‧gu‧na

laguna f (plural lagunas)

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

   Synonym: albufeira

• lago
• lagoa
• lacuna

• IPA^(key): [laˈɡuna]

laguna f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lagună

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

lagúna f (Cyrillic spelling лагу́на)

1. lagoon

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

• IPA^(key): /laˈɡuna/ [laˈɣ̞u.na]
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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: la‧gu‧na

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

• “laguna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014