lacune

French

noun
Definitions
  • gap
  • vacuum, empty space
  • (figuratively) lack; thing that is missing
  • usually in the plural ignorance, shortcoming

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lacūna (pit, cleft, gap, hole, cavity, ditch, hollow).

Origin

Latin

lacūna

Gloss

pit, cleft, gap, hole, cavity, ditch, hollow

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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