loch

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English [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun [edit]

loch (plural lochs)

  1. (Scotland) A lake.
  2. (Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.
Synonyms [edit]

(lake):

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(sea inlet):

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Etymology 2 [edit]

French looch, from Arabic.

Noun [edit]

loch

  1. Alternative form of looch.

Anagrams [edit]


French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Dutch log.

Noun [edit]

loch m (plural lochs)

  1. (nautical) chip log, log

Etymology 2 [edit]

From English loch.

Noun [edit]

loch m (plural lochs)

  1. loch

Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish loch, from Proto-Indo-European *laku- (compare Latin lacus, Old English lagu).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [l̪ˠɔx]
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

loch m (genitive locha, nominative plural lochanna)

  1. lake

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Old Irish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *laku-.

Noun [edit]

loch n and m

  1. lake
  2. inlet of the sea
Descendants [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

loch

  1. black, dark

Polish [edit]

loch

Etymology [edit]

From German Loch < Old High German loh < Proto-Germanic *lōgan (site, situation, camp) < Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (to be situated, lie).

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Noun [edit]

loch m

  1. dungeon (an underground prison or vault)

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Scots [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun [edit]

loch (plural lochs)

  1. lake, loch, firth

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish loch.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ɫ̪ɔx], /ɫ̪ɔx/

Noun [edit]

loch f (genitive locha, plural lochan)

  1. lake
  2. arm of the sea
  3. fiord

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