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lake en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • lāk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lek/ (Scotland)
  • /leɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /leːk/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
  • /læɪk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

Arose from a conflation of * Middle English lake (“small stream of running water, pool, lake”), from Old English lacu (“stream, pool, pond, lake”), from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“stream, pool, body of water", originally "a place where water runs off and collects”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (“to leak, drain”); with * Middle English lac (“lake”), from Old French lac (“lake, ditch, pit”), a borrowed term, likely from Latin lacus (“lake, tub, vat”) (see Old French lac for more). The first element is related to Dutch laak (“stream, drainage ditch, pond”), German Low German Lake, Laak (“drainage, marshland”), German Lache (“puddle, pool”), Norwegian løk (“a deep, slow-moving stream; a widening in a stream or river”), Faroese løkur (“small brook”) and lækja (“water hole, well, watershoot in a brook”), Icelandic lækur (“stream”). Despite their similarity in form and meaning, Old English lacu is not related to English lay (“lake”), Latin lacus (“hollow, lake, pond”), Scottish Gaelic loch (“lake”), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “waterhole, tank, pond, pit”), all from Proto-Indo-European *lókus, *l̥kwés (“lake, pool”).

Meanings

  1. A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
    • These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ]. 2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
    • Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  2. A large amount of liquid.
    • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? 1991, Robert DeNiro (actor), Backdraft
    • a lake of wine
  3. (dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
  4. (obsolete) A pit, or ditch.

Forms

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Deriveds

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Lakes · Lake Tyers Beach · Lake Darlot · Lake Powell · Lake Biddy · Lake Carnegie · Eastlake · Lake Wongan · Emma Lake · lake trout · Chengcing Lake · Clear Lake · Nam Van Lake · lake sturgeon · Lake Tyers · Fish Lake · interlake · Lake Cathie · Balsam Lake · Lake Goldsmith · Lake County · Reindeer Lake · Lake Wales · lake dwelling · Bassenthwaite Lake · Lake Boga · Budd Lake · Lake Manchester · South Lakeland · Portage Lake · Lake Pleasant · Saint Mary Lake · Sandhill Lake · Round Lake · Lake Geneva · Pine Lake · Lake Lonsdale · Lake Brown · Fife Lake · Lake St. Clair · Tooms Lake · lake fly · Lake Bolac · lac lake · Rainy Lake · Lake Gilles · Hamburg lake · playa lake · Lake Flevo · North Lakes · lakeland · Bala Lake · Lake Argyle · Lakes Creek · Meeting Lake · Mawson Lakes · Lake Country · Lake Meran · Cobaki Lakes · Lake and Peninsula Borough · Lake Toolbrunup · Lake Cowal · lakelore · Lake Lucerne · Nahuel Huapi Lake · Lake Clifton · Lake Burrendong · Lake Everard · Spring Lake · lakehood · Indian Lake Estates · lakefill · Red Lake · Lake Margarette · underwater lake · Twin Lakes · lava lake · Bradys Lake · Slender West Lake · Greenlake · Lake Huron · Berringer Lake · Detroit Lakes · Smoky Lake · Mortlake · finger lake · Red Lake County · Wallis Lake · Lake Granby · Twelve Mile Lake · Lake Albert · paleolake · Yourdamung Lake · Lake Wyangan · palaeolake · Nomans Lake · prairie lake · Smiths Lake · Lake St. Francis · Diamond Lake · Llanquihue Lake · dry lake · Lakes Entrnace · Franklin Lakes · Manitou Lake · Lakesland · Niagara-on-the-Lake · Maroon Lake · Lake Ninan · Lake View · Lake Bennett · Timber Lake · Lakeside · Lake Mary · intralake · Mayhew Lake · Lake Jessie · Lake Hinds · Lake Jasper · lakefront · Lake Torrens · lakeless · Lakeville · lake herring · lakewater · go jump in the lake · Lake Worth Beach · Lake Erie · lakehead · lake effect · Lake Muir · Lakeland · Cass Lake · Lake Grove · ephemeral lake · Forest Lake · Lake Eildon · Lake Champlain · Belgrade Lakes · rose lake · Big Lake · Lake Gairdner · Lake Borgne · trough lake · Shell Lake · Lake Clarendon · North Lake Grace · Great Lakes · Lake Villa · Lake Coogee · lakeport · Sea Lake · Lake City · Westlake · Great Slave Lake · Lake Conjola · Lake Margaret · Arthurs Lake · splake · data lake · intermittent lake · Clam Lake · Grand Lake · Lake Macquarie · Lime Lake · Waskesiu Lake · Lake House · Lake Wivenhoe · Lake Monduran · Big Ass Lake · soda lake · Devils Lake · Lake Mackay · lakedom · paternoster lake · Lake Fyans · barrier lake · Laker · West Lakes · Brome Lake · lake quillwort · Otsego Lake · Reedy Lake · Miga Lake · Lakewood · Sai Van Lake · Lake Oswego · lakelike · Round Lake Beach · North Lake · lakewards · The Lakes · Lake Station · Lake Panasoffkee · South Lake Grace · Lake Camm · lake stratification · Lake Eppalock · Causeway Lake · Lake Macfarlane · maroon lake · Torch Lake · wine lake · Turquoise Lake · lake lawyer · Muskoka Lakes · Lake Austin · Lake Chad · Lake Buena Vista · lake of Wada · lakish · Salt Lake City · High Lake · brine lake · Myall Lake · Springfield Lakes · Lake Alexandrina · nonlake · Lake Marmal · Lake Butler · lakebed · Lake Louise · Peninsula Lake · Lake Leake · Lake Lugano · Lake Frome · Cold Lake · lake shore disease · Rideau Lakes · Lake Wobegon · Nutting Lake · Lake Providence · Spectacle Lake · Medford Lakes · Lake Rowan · Long Lake · Lake Wells · Alta Lake · Lake Mundi · Lake Cargelligo · Lake Sorell · Lake Kioga · Lake Neuchâtel · Lake Village · West Lakes Shore · Lake Thun · Lake Park · Split Lake · Lake Heights · lake of fire · Lake Kyoga · Lake George · Lake Malawi · Lake Tai · Storm Lake · Lady Lake · Patterson Lakes · Whitmore Lake · Spirit Lake · Red Lake Falls · Lakism · lakelet · Tupper Lake · Trent Lakes · West Lake · Lynn Lake · Lake Wellington · Lake Gardens · Lake Bathurst · Lake Illawarra · Qinghai Lake · Canyon Lake · Knob Lake · Kinglake · Salt Lake County · Lakist · Trout Lake · Rotorua Lakes · subglacial lake · Eastlakes · lake itch · lake village · Lake Hiawatha · Salem Lakes · Kinglake West · Lake Eyre · lakewide · Plumridge Lakes · Lake Barrine · Yarrie Lake · Lake of the Woods · Champion Lakes · Lake Borumba · Great Salt Lake · seasonal lake · Lake Asphaltites · Lake Saint Francis · lake pigment · Goose Lake · Lake Tanganyika · Lake Turkana · Lake King · Lake Tyrrell · lacrimal lake · Elbow Lake · Lake Ontario · kettle lake · Greenwood Lake · megalake · laky · Lake Forest · Moses Lake · Lower Lake · bore lake · lakescape · Mills Lake · Lake Worth · Dease Lake · Lake Superior · Lake Macdonald · Mountain Lakes · Sand Lake · Lake Wakatipu · Lake Plains · London Lakes · Big Lakes County · Lake Andes · Lake Eacham · lakeful · Lake Wendouree · Lake Innes · Smoky Lake County · lakehouse · Lake Proserpine · Lake Placid · Laketown · South Lake

Hypernyms

body of water · landform

Hyponyms

lakelet · tarn

Meronyms

water

Relateds

lacustrine · Malawi · plash · tarn · Great Bear Lake · Tanganyika · pond · Great Slave Lake · billabong · lough · Michigan · Caspian Sea · Huron · lagoon · inlet · Baikal · Victoria · polynya · well · reservoir · pool · watercourse · talav · puddle · :Category:en:Lakes · Superior · dam · fish pond · millpond

Synonyms

loch · lake · mountain

Translations (510)

cap quta (body of water) · mdh ranaw (body of water) · zh хэзы (body of water) · fo tjørn (body of water) · sa ह्रद (body of water) · hil linaw (body of water) · akl danaw (body of water) · rm lai (body of water) · lij lâgo (body of water) · bsa kesif (body of water) · nv tooh (body of water) · swb dzia (body of water) · mrw kalodan (body of water) · kok कुळा (body of water) · id telaga (body of water) · ace tasék (body of water) · chr ᎥᏓᎵ (body of water) · xh ichibi (body of water) · abq гвал (body of water) · as বিল (body of water) · kla é-ush (body of water) · it lago (body of water) · ain メㇺ (body of water) · mrw lanaw (body of water) · lon enyanja class 9 (body of water) · non vatn (body of water) · ko -호 (body of water) · is tjörn (body of water) · ms tasik (body of water) · sm lano (body of water) · tr göl (body of water) · ps ونګره (body of water) · ckv vutvut (body of water) · ady хыкум (body of water) · ceb danaw (body of water) · hid mirihdía (body of water) · stq See (body of water) · inh ӏам (body of water) · clm cə́y̕əɬ (body of water) · fy mar (body of water) · sne donu (body of water) · ar بُحَيْرَة (body of water) · ia laco (body of water) · sc lagu (body of water) · ykh noor (body of water) · rif agermam (body of water) · ro lac (body of water) · dta naur (body of water) · my အင်း (body of water) · ady хыкъумэ (body of water) · wuu(body of water) · mg farihy (body of water) · co lagu (body of water) · el λίμνη (body of water) · kn ಸರಸ್ಸು (body of water) · nb vann (body of water) · roa-tar laghe (body of water) · su situ (body of water) · bcl danaw (body of water) · taa benh (body of water) · kpv ты (body of water) · co lau (body of water) · kl taseq (body of water) · mel danau (body of water) · vo lak (body of water) · sco loch (body of water) · zza thol (body of water) · lv ezers (body of water) · an ibón (body of water) · prg assaran (body of water) · sje jávvre (body of water) · sma jaevrie (body of water) · tbi d̪ɛ̄ɛ̀l (body of water) · lez вир (body of water) · pwn tjebek (body of water) · hy լիճ (body of water) · liv jōra (body of water) · udm ты (body of water) · bn হ্রদ (body of water) · sv sjö (body of water) · pdc See (body of water) · yaq vaakum (body of water) · mwl lago (body of water) · myv эрьке (body of water) · pwn djanaw (body of water) · ykg йалҕил (body of water) · az göl (body of water) · orh amʊkan (body of water) · zh(body of water) · ban ḍanu (body of water) · ta இலங்கு (body of water) · ltg azars (body of water) · ar بحيرة (body of water) · lt ežeras (body of water) · tyv хөл (body of water) · om haroo (body of water) · ik narvaq (body of water) · msk danaw (body of water) · mns-nor тӯр (body of water) · ain(body of water) · mhr ер (body of water) · shn ၼွင် (body of water) · mzn دریوک (body of water) · nn tjørn (body of water) · yi סאַזשלקע (body of water) · mdh lanaw (body of water) · zea meer (body of water) · cu ѥзеро (body of water) · aho 𑜃𑜨𑜂𑜫 (body of water) · oc lac (body of water) · rom baro paji (body of water) · alt кӧл (body of water) · arn bafkeh (body of water) · kn ಸರೋವರ (body of water) · bla mo'tóyaohkii (body of water) · krl järvi (body of water) · av хӏор (body of water) · io lago (body of water) · non tjǫrn (body of water) · uk о́зеро (body of water) · mi roto (body of water) · akz liikka (body of water) · ksc fagwang (body of water) · knb eɏwan lobong (body of water) · mhq mįnį́xte (body of water) · ani игьур (body of water) · sq liqen (body of water) · eo lago (body of water) · ml തടാകം (body of water) · pap lago (body of water) · iu ᑕᓯᖅ (body of water) · ar ضاية (body of water) · pi daha (body of water) · mfh dərəv (body of water) · fj drano (body of water) · fa دَرْیاچِه (body of water) · is vatn (body of water) · evn ня̄рут (body of water) · gwi van (body of water) · vep järvʹ (body of water) · con singuʼccu (body of water) · dv ފެންގަނޑު (body of water) · sce noer (body of water) · fur lâc (body of water) · kfr તરા (body of water) · hoi minqʼit (body of water) · tet rebu (body of water) · ota كول (body of water) · dv ކުޅި (body of water) · la lacus (body of water) · st letsha (body of water) · qu qocha (body of water) · mr तलाव (body of water) · crm ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓐ (body of water) · kmk bananaw (body of water) · rar roto (body of water) · as হ্ৰদ (body of water) · yuz kudawa (body of water) · mnw လှာ (body of water) · mn нуур (body of water) · ebk fiannaw (body of water) · zh 湖泊 (body of water) · koi ты (body of water) · got 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (body of water) · kaa koʻl (body of water) · unm mënëpèkw (body of water) · moe natuashu (body of water) · tpi wara (body of water) · sah күөл (body of water) · pl jezioro (body of water) · yo adagun (body of water) · ur دَرِیاچَہ (body of water) · am ሀይቅ (body of water) · vec łago (body of water) · sh jȅzero (body of water) · so haro (body of water) · pdt Läacht (body of water) · myp xaabói (body of water) · qu goca (body of water) · ckt гытгын (body of water) · frr see (body of water) · gur mõgrɛ (body of water) · pua japonda (body of water) · ur جِھیل (body of water) · vi hồ (body of water) · ne ताल (body of water) · sl jezero (body of water) · tab дагар (body of water) · izh järvi (body of water) · dsb jazor (body of water) · ka ტბა (body of water) · mn ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (body of water) · bem bemba class 1a (body of water) · eu aintzira (body of water) · tum nyanja (body of water) · nd ichibi (body of water) · csb jezoro (body of water) · nrf lac (body of water) · wa lak (body of water) · mns-nor то̄ (body of water) · amk ruru (body of water) · wa laetche (body of water) · dgr(body of water) · ckv bettuq (body of water) · qu qucha (body of water) · esu nanvaq (body of water) · yao nyasa class 9 (body of water) · sw majito (body of water) · ms danau (body of water) · zh 湖泊 (body of water) · rm lej (body of water) · ny nyanja (body of water) · mjg-mgr noor (body of water) · rm laitg (body of water) · cho okhạta (body of water) · rif tanda (body of water) · fro lac (body of water) · ty loto (body of water) · ms alongan (body of water) · za huz (body of water) · hop patupha (body of water) · lb Séi (body of water) · pt lago (body of water) · vot järvi (body of water) · ilo dan-aw (body of water) · hil lim-aw (body of water) · lzz ტობა (body of water) · kk көл (body of water) · he יַמָּה (body of water) · tcc basooda (body of water) · sva ტო̄მბ (body of water) · otk 𐰚𐰇𐰠 (body of water) · bua нуур (body of water) · sa सरोवर (body of water) · ifk lob'ong (body of water) · ko 호수 (body of water) · sju jávrrie (body of water) · lkt ble (body of water) · niv ту (body of water) · sd ڍَنڍَ (body of water) · ale hanix̂ (body of water) · bol pali (body of water) · mnc ᡨᡝᠩᡤᡳᠨ (body of water) · ca llac (body of water) · crh göl (body of water) · tg кӯл (body of water) · tt күл (body of water) · kmr gol (body of water) · zza dol (diq) (body of water) · th ทะเลสาบ (body of water) · hi झील (body of water) · otw zaaghigan (body of water) · sv tjärn (body of water) · mnc ᠨᠣᠣᡵ (body of water) · css lawuuna (Mutsun) (body of water) · cpa dsieg¹² (body of water) · nb ferskvann (body of water) · oka t̓ik̓ʷt (body of water) · cv кӳлӗ (body of water) · obi čnixeno (body of water) · fo vatn (body of water) · nl meer (body of water) · tzm ⴰⴳⴻⵍⵎⴰⵎ (body of water) · id danau (body of water) · sjd я̄ввьр (body of water) · mnc ᠣᠮᠣ (body of water) · sce no (body of water) · bcu ram kulot (body of water) · pi rahada (body of water) · pa ਝੀਲ (body of water) · evn а̄мут (body of water) · koy binh (body of water) · om hara (body of water) · lep ᰌᰶ (body of water) · ccp 𑄍𑄧𑄢 (body of water) · lo ໜອງ (body of water) · crk sākahikan (body of water) · bo མཚོ (body of water) · mrw ranaw (body of water) · tiy ranaw (body of water) · shp ián (body of water) · mba danaw (body of water) · br lenn (body of water) · nsk ᓂᐱᔾ (body of water) · str XOĆE (body of water) · nzd iziba (body of water) · se jávri (body of water) · gdd wililuk (body of water) · hi सरोवर (body of water) · zh(body of water) · fr lac (body of water) · nah hueyi atezcatl (body of water) · vec làch (body of water) · yue 湖泊 (body of water) · lu dijiba (body of water) · rmq chenopañí (body of water) · arc ܠܝܡܢܝ (body of water) · fa دَرْیااَک (body of water) · km បឹង (body of water) · ht lak (body of water) · tdd ᥘᥩᥒᥴ (body of water) · ckv banaw (body of water) · eu zingira (body of water) · gur kʋl-kãtɛ (body of water) · chy né'háne (body of water) · yue(body of water) · cs jezero (body of water) · gld амоан (body of water) · grc λίμνη (body of water) · sk jazero (body of water) · th สาบ (body of water) · hsb jězor (body of water) · ms situ (body of water) · oaa омо̄ (body of water) · cu ѥзеръ (body of water) · gag göl (body of water) · kn ಜಲಾಶಯ (body of water) · nn vatn (body of water) · ml കായല് (body of water) · arp ni'ec (body of water) · smn jävri (body of water) · niu loto (body of water) · he אֲגַם (body of water) · dak bdé (body of water) · dbj danow (body of water) · rap rano (body of water) · cng ˌɕɥɛzɨ ̥ˈkhwɑ (body of water) · krc кёл (body of water) · es lago (body of water) · my ကန် (body of water) · mch ku'jö (body of water) · pi udakarahada (body of water) · cic hayip (body of water) · aii ܝܡܐ (body of water) · ar بحيرة (body of water) · sv vatten (body of water) · dbp bə̀rgà (body of water) · mhn sea (body of water) · yi אָזערע (body of water) · xmf ტობა (body of water) · got 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (body of water) · gug ypa (body of water) · be во́зера (body of water) · egl lèg (body of water) · co lavu (body of water) · yrk-tun то (body of water) · gv logh (body of water) · mr सरोवर (body of water) · ml സരസ്സ് (body of water) · lua dijiba (body of water) · arc ܝܡܬܐ (body of water) · ha tabkī (body of water) · koy minkk'at (body of water) · ba күл (body of water) · nn innsjø (body of water) · mr तळ (body of water) · lbe бяр (body of water) · nb tjern (body of water) · li maer (body of water) · te సరస్సు (body of water) · cop ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ (body of water) · guh puca (body of water) · cui pucua (body of water) · nb innsjø (body of water) · lmo lagh (body of water) · eve төӈэр (body of water) · si වැව (body of water) · vro järv́ (body of water) · ay quta (body of water) · tsg lanaw (body of water) · yag akámaka (body of water) · sva მჷჰ (body of water) · cr kihchikamiy (body of water) · ab аӡиа (body of water) · cni incajare (body of water) · yuy nuur (body of water) · mel teba (body of water) · haa männ (body of water) · mrj йӓр (body of water) · rgn lêg (body of water) · ast llagu (body of water) · smj jávrre (body of water) · mk езеро (body of water) · kaw talaga (body of water) · rup lac (body of water) · dgr(body of water) · roa-leo llagu (body of water) · ga loch (body of water) · dlm lac (body of water) · jv ranu (body of water) · ang mere (body of water) · hu(body of water) · ar بحيرة (body of water) · uz koʻl (body of water) · evn туӈэ̄р (body of water) · fi järvi (body of water) · mww pa dej teev (body of water) · jv tlaga (body of water) · os цад (body of water) · wuh co (body of water) · cdo(body of water) · ar بُحيرَة (body of water) · af meer (body of water) · dbj gasap (body of water) · mrw karodan (body of water) · an laco (body of water) · kbd гуэл (body of water) · sh је̏зеро (body of water) · orv озеро (body of water) · sv insjö (body of water) · tcb menh (body of water) · wyi bol-lok (body of water) · otw zaaghiganan (body of water) · kbd гуэлӏ (body of water) · ky көл (body of water) · zu ichibi (body of water) · yag akamaka (body of water) · tk köl (body of water) · pms lagh (body of water) · min danau (body of water) · kn ಪುಷ್ಕರಿಣಿ (body of water) · nog коьл (body of water) · gl lago (body of water) · ccc sa'pu (body of water) · mlv(body of water) · nap laco (body of water) · rue озеро (body of water) · scn lacu (body of water) · ce ӏам (body of water) · ja -湖 (body of water) · ti ቀላይ (body of water) · af pan (body of water) · mt lag (body of water) · ja(body of water) · yak watám (body of water) · cjs кӧл (body of water) · ill danau (body of water) 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झील (body of water) · tli áa (body of water) · kn ಕೊಳ (body of water) · da(body of water) · kic maskiekwi (body of water) · ket дэʼ (body of water) · sto mné (body of water) · cy llyn (body of water) · or ହ୍ରଦ (body of water) · kum кёл (body of water) · is stöðuvatn (body of water) · rsk озеро (body of water) · ms telaga (body of water) · ady псыхъурай (body of water) · vec lak (lach m) (body of water) · dlg күөл (body of water) · tpi raunwara (body of water) · nv beʼekʼid (body of water) · ing vinq'it (body of water) · fa دَرْیاژِه (body of water) · mt għadira (body of water) · ssf wazakan (body of water) · yua ha' (body of water) · ln etímá (body of water) · hak(body of water) · sw ziwa (body of water) · ta ஏரி (body of water)

wikidata: Q23397 · wikipedia: Brill Publishers

lake en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • lāk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lek/ (Scotland)
  • /leɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /leːk/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
  • /læɪk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Northern Middle English lake, lak, lac (also laik, layke; Southern loke), from Old English lāc (“play, sport, strife, battle, sacrifice, offering, gift, present, booty, message”), from Proto-West Germanic *laik, from Proto-Germanic *laikaz (“game, dance, hymn, sport”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to bounce, shake, tremble”). Cognate with Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”), Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”), Swedish leka (“to play”)), and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”). Doublet of lek. Verb form partly from Middle English laken, from Old English lacan, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. More at lay, -lock.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) An offering, sacrifice, gift.
  2. (dialectal) Play; sport; game; fun; glee.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lakes Number=Plur lexicographic
laik alternative lexicographic

Hypernyms

body of water · landform

Hyponyms

lakelet · tarn

Meronyms

water

Relateds

Malawi · plash · billabong · Great Bear Lake · Tanganyika · Great Slave Lake · lough · Michigan · Caspian Sea · Huron · inlet · Baikal · Victoria · pond · polynya · well · reservoir · pool · watercourse · bridelock · puddle · wedlock · :Category:en:Lakes · Superior · dam · fish pond · millpond

Synonyms

loch · lake

lake en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • lāk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lek/ (Scotland)
  • /leɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /leːk/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
  • /læɪk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Northern Middle English lake, lak, lac (also laik, layke; Southern loke), from Old English lāc (“play, sport, strife, battle, sacrifice, offering, gift, present, booty, message”), from Proto-West Germanic *laik, from Proto-Germanic *laikaz (“game, dance, hymn, sport”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to bounce, shake, tremble”). Cognate with Old High German leih (“song, melody, music”), Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”), Swedish leka (“to play”)), and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”). Doublet of lek. Verb form partly from Middle English laken, from Old English lacan, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. More at lay, -lock.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To present an offering.
  2. (Northern, UK, dialectal) To leap, jump, exert oneself; to play.
    • The agent was of course the Boggart, and it soon became their sport (which they called laking with Boggart) to put the shoe-horn into the hole and have it shot back at them. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 307:
  3. To subject biological cells to repeated cycles of freezing and thawing until lysis.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
laik alternative lexicographic
lakes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
laking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laked Tense=Past lexicographic

lake en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • lāk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lek/ (Scotland)
  • /leɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /leːk/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
  • /læɪk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English lake, from Old English *lacen or Middle Dutch laken; both from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“linen; cloth; sheet”). Cognate with Dutch lake (“linen”), Dutch laken (“linen; bedsheet”), German Laken, Danish lagan, Swedish lakan, Icelandic lak, lakan.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lakes Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

body of water · landform

Hyponyms

lakelet · tarn

Meronyms

water

Relateds

Malawi · plash · billabong · Great Bear Lake · Tanganyika · Great Slave Lake · lough · Michigan · Caspian Sea · Huron · inlet · Baikal · Victoria · pond · polynya · well · reservoir · pool · watercourse · puddle · :Category:en:Lakes · Superior · dam · fish pond · millpond

Synonyms

loch · lake

lake en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • lāk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lek/ (Scotland)
  • /leɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /leːk/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
  • /læɪk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From French laque (“lacquer”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lac and lacquer.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermilion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
    • Jeremiah found himself indoors, perfecting his Draftsmanship, bending all day over the work-table, grinding and mixing his own Inks,— siftings and splashes ev'rywhere of King's Yellow, Azure, red Orpiment, Indian lake, Verdigris, Indigo, and Umber. 1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 24, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part One: Latitudes and Departures, page 242:
    • The colour scheme of the North British Railway—dark gamboge for the engines and lake for the coaches—looked very smart when new and clean, but these shades did not possess good wearing qualities. 1954 August, Basil M. Bazley, “Three Scottish Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 534:
  2. (countable, uncountable) In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
    • The name of a lake prepared by extending the aluminum salt prepared from FD&C Blue No. 1 upon the substratum would be FD&C Blue No. 1--Aluminum Lake.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lakes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

lake-red · madder lake · crimson lake · lake pigment

Hypernyms

body of water · landform

Hyponyms

lakelet · tarn

Meronyms

water

Relateds

Malawi · plash · billabong · Great Bear Lake · Tanganyika · Great Slave Lake · lough · Michigan · Caspian Sea · Huron · inlet · Baikal · Victoria · pond · polynya · well · reservoir · pool · watercourse · puddle · :Category:en:Lakes · Superior · dam · fish pond · millpond

Synonyms

loch · lake · lac

Translations (19)

mk лак (a kind of coloring agent) · ru лак (a kind of coloring agent) · pl lakier (a kind of coloring agent) · el λάκη (a kind of coloring agent) · bg светлочервен лак (a kind of coloring agent) · ca laca (a kind of coloring agent) · de Färberlack (a kind of coloring agent) · fi lakka (a kind of coloring agent) · ja ニス (a kind of coloring agent) · th ครั่ง (a kind of coloring agent) · ar لَكّ (a kind of coloring agent) · ja(a kind of coloring agent) · he לכה (a kind of coloring agent) · es laca (a kind of coloring agent) · fr laque (a kind of coloring agent) · it lacca (a kind of coloring agent) · ko 래커 (a kind of coloring agent) · sw ziwa (a kind of coloring agent) · pt laca (a kind of coloring agent)

lake en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • lāk (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /lek/ (Scotland)
  • /leɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /leːk/ (Wales) without the pane–pain merger
  • /læɪk/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From French laque (“lacquer”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lac and lacquer.

Meanings

  1. To make lake-red.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
laked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laked Tense=Past lexicographic
lakes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
laking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic