lagoon
/ləˈɡuːn/luh-GOON
/ləˈɡun/luh-GOON
Meaninga pool
Common meaning: a stretch of salt water cut off by a bank
- laga lake, basinLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1028 · scan
- onnoun ending (from Latin -o, -onis)
Journey through time
- Latinlacus‘a lake, basin’
- Englishlagoon‘a stretch of salt water cut off by a bank’ · today
lag also in: lake
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin lacus ‘a lake, basin’.
Roots
- lacus Latin “a lake, basin”
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