Lake

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.2 Etymology 2 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Translations 2 Norwegian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb

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

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Noun

lake

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.

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 (límne) 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 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, insjö Thai: สาบ (sààp), ทะเลสาบ (thálehsààp) Tibetan: co Turkish: göl Ukrainian: озеро (ózero) n Vietnamese: hồ Welsh: llyn

Translations

coloring agent

Arabic: صِبْغ اللَك (ʂíbğu l-lák) 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)

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Norwegian

Noun

lake m

1. Pickle, brine
2. Burbot, eelpout

Verb

Ã¥ lake

1. To pickle

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