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lake

/ˈleɪk/LAYK
/ˈleɪk/LAYK

Meaninga basin

Common meaning: a large body of still water

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin lacus ‘a lake, basin’.

Roots

  • lacus Latin “a lake, basin”

Related words

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