lagoon
English
/ləˈɡuːn/
noun
Definitions
- A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
Etymology
Borrowed from French lagune derived from Italian laguna derived from Latin lacuna (pond, hole).
Origin
Latin
lacuna
Gloss
pond, hole
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
池
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lagoonal English
- lagoonside English
- lagoonward English
- lagoonwards English
- lagune English
- palaeolagoon English
- paleolagoon English
- lacuna Latin
- lacūna Latin
- Lagune German
- lacuna Italian
- laguna Italian
- lagune Dutch, Flemish
- lagune French
- laguna Spanish, Castilian
- lagune Norwegian Bokmål
- *laguz Proto-Germanic
- ラグーン Japanese
- lagune Norwegian Nynorsk
- lagu Old English
- lagucræftig Old English
- lagustræt Old English
- lawe Middle English
- *lagu Old Norse
- lǫg Old Norse
- lagune Danish
- Laguna Tagalog
- laguna Venetian
- łaguna Venetian
- lagun Tok Pisin