name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
lough
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Ireland: /lɑx/
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Ireland: /lɔː/
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Received-Pronunciation: /lɒk/
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Received-Pronunciation: /lɒx/
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General-American: /lɑk/
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General-American: /lɑx/ in some rare cases realized as [lɑç]
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rhymes with -ɒk
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rhymes with -ɒx
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homophone: loch
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homophone: lock
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UK: /lɒf/
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rhymes with -ɒf
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CMU ARPABET: L AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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noun
Meaning 3
lake, pool
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cumbria, Northumbria
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noun
Meaning 4
Irish word for a lake
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lake
noun
Meaning 5
a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cove
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of lay, loch, and Looe.
From Middle English lough, logh, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *lux, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”).
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