English [ ]
File:Glarus Kloentalersee.jpg A mountain lake
Pronunciation [ ]
Etymology 1 [ ]
From Middle English lake "body of water" from Old English lacu "lake, pond, pool, stream, watercourse" from Proto-Germanic *lákō, *láχō, *lagúz, *lek- ( “ ‘ pool, water aggregation, salt brine’ ” ) from Proto-Indo-European *lakw- ( “ ‘ lake, pool’ ” ) . Akin to Old High German lacha , lahha "swamp, bog, marsh" (Template:Deu Lache "pool, puddle"), Template:Dum [[lake#Template:Dum |lake]] "pond, puddle, standing water", Old English leccan ( “ ‘ to wet, moisten’ ” ) , Old English lagu "sea". Frequency strengthened in Middle English by the Old French synonym lack "lake" from Latin lacus "hollow, lake, pond". More at leak , leach .
Noun [ ]
Singular
Lake
Plural {{{1}}}
Lake ({{{1}}})
Large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water.
(In the plural ) an area characterised by its many lakes; e.g., the English Lake District is often shortened to The Lakes .
A large amount of liquid : a wine lake .
So you punched out a window for ventilation . Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline ? - Robert DeNiro, Backdraft
Derived terms [ ]
Translations [ ]
body of water
Afrikaans : meer , pan
Ainu : ト (to)
Albanian: liqen sq (sq) m.
Arabic: بُحَيْرَةٌ (buħéira) f.
Aragonese : ibón m. , laco m.
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܝܡܬܐ (yamtā’) f.
Armenian: լիճ hy (hy) (lič̣)
Azeri : göl az (az)
Balinese: please add this translation if you can
Basque : zingira eu (eu)
Belarusian: возера be (be) (vozera) n.
Bengali: [[হ্রদ#Template:Bn |হ্রদ ]] (hrad)
Blackfoot : mo'toyaohkii
Bosnian: jezero bs (bs) n.
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: езеро bg (bg) (ézero) n.
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan : llac m.
Chamicuro : sa'pu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 湖 (hú ); 湖泊 (húbó)
Cree : kihchikamiy
Croatian: jȅzero hr (hr) n.
Czech: jezero cs (cs) n.
Danish: sø da (da) c.
Dutch: meer nl (nl) n.
Esperanto: lago eo (eo)
Estonian: järv et (et)
Faroese: vatn fo (fo)
Fijian : drano
Finnish: järvi fi (fi)
French: lac fr (fr) m.
Georgian: ტბა ka (ka) (tba)
German: See de (de) m. , Seen de (de) pl.
Greek: λίμνη el (el) (límnī) f.
Greenlandic : taseq kl (kl)
Hebrew: ימתא (yamtā’) f.
Hebrew: אגם (agam) m.
Hindi: झील या सरोवर , झील hi (hi)
Hungarian: tó hu (hu)
Icelandic: vatn is (is) n.
Indonesian: danau id (id)
Irish: loch ga (ga) m.
Italian: lago it (it) m.
Japanese: 湖 (みずうみ , mizuúmi), ~湖 (こ , ko) (as suffix)
Javanese: please add this translation if you can
Kannada : ಸರೋವರ kn (kn) (sarōvara), ಜಲಾಶಯ kn (kn) (jalāśaya), ಪುಷ್ಕರಿಣಿ kn (kn) (puṣkariṇi), ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕೆರೆ kn (kn) (doḍḍa kere), ಸರಸ್ಸು kn (kn) (sarassu), ಕೊಳ kn (kn) (koḷa)
Karelian : [[järvi#Template:Krl |järvi ]]
Kazakh: көл kk (kk) (köl)
Khmer : បឹង (böng)
Korean: 호수 (hosu)
Lakota : ble
Lao : ຫນອງ lo (lo) (nööng)
Latin: lacus la (la) m.
Latvian: ezers lv (lv) m.
Lithuanian: ežeras lt (lt) m.
Macedonian : езеро mk (mk) (ézero) n.
Malay: tasik ms (ms)
Malayalam : തടാകം , കായല് , പൊയ്ക , സരസ്സ്
Maltese: għadira mt (mt) f. , lag mt (mt) m.
Maori: roto mi (mi)
Marathi : सरोवर mr (mr)
Mongolian: нуур mn (mn) (nuur)
Navajo: tooh
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: innsjø no (no) m. , tjern no (no) n. , vann no (no) n.
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Ojibwe : zaaga'igan , zaaga'iganan pl.
Old Church Slavonic : [[ѥзєро#Template:Cu |Template:Cyrs ]] (jezero) n. , [[ѥзєръ#Template:Cu |Template:Cyrs ]] (jezerŭ) m.
Old English : lagu ang (ang) m. , mere ang (ang) m.
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Ossetic: цад (cad)
Persian: دریاچه fa (fa) (daryâche)
Polish: jezioro pl (pl) n.
Portuguese: lago pt (pt) m.
Punjabi : ਝੀਲ (jhīl)
Romani : baro paji m.
Romanian: lac ro (ro) n.
Russian: озеро ru (ru) (ózero) n.
Sami :
Northern: jávri
Samoan: please add this translation if you can
Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
Sardinian : lagu m.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: језеро n.
Roman: jezero n.
Slovak: jazero sk (sk) n.
Slovene: jezero sl (sl) n.
Sotho : letsha st (st)
Spanish: lago es (es) m.
Swahili: jito , majito pl (nc 5/6) , ziwa sw (sw)
Swedish: sjö c. , insjö c. , tjärn n. , vatten n.
Tahitian: please add this translation if you can
Tajik : кӯл tg (tg) (kūl)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tatar : күл tt (tt)
Telugu : సరస్సు te (te) (sarassu)
Thai: สาบ (sààp), ทะเลสาบ (thálehsààp)
Tibetan: (co) Template:Rfscript
Tongan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: göl tr (tr)
Turkmen: köl tk (tk)
Ukrainian: озеро uk (uk) (ózero) n.
Urdu: دریاچہ ur (ur) (daryāća) m.
Vietnamese: hồ vi (vi)
Welsh: llyn cy (cy) m.
West Frisian : mar m.
Yiddish: אָזערע (ozere) f.
See also [ ]
Etymology 2 [ ]
From Old English lác , Proto-Germanic *laikom , *game, dance, hymn, sport, fight .
Noun [ ]
Wikipedia
Singular
Lake
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( obsolete ) An offering , sacrifice , gift .
( obsolete , dialectal) Play , sport , fun , glee .
Derived terms [ ]
Verb [ ]
Infinitive
to Lake
Third person singular
lak
Simple past
-
Past participle
-
Present participle
es
to Lake (third-person singular simple present lak , present participle es , simple past and past participle - )
( obsolete ) To present an offering .
Template:Chiefly To leap , jump , exert oneself, play .
Etymology 3 [ ]
From Old English lachen
Noun [ ]
Singular
Lake
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( obsolete ) Fine linen .
Etymology 4 [ ]
From French laque ( “ ‘ lacquer’ ” ) < Persian لاک ( lāk ) < Template:Hi [[Category:Template:Hi derivations|Lake]] lakh < Sanskrit laksha ( “ ‘ one hundred thousand’ ” ) , referring to the number of insects that gather on the trees and make the resin seep out.
Noun [ ]
Singular
Lake
Plural {{{1}}}
Lake ({{{1}}})
In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder , for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant .
Derived terms [ ]
Translations [ ]
coloring agent
Arabic: صِبْغ اللَك (ʂíbğu l-lák) m.
Catalan : laca ca (ca) f.
Finnish: lakka fi (fi)
French: laque fr (fr) f.
German: Farbstoff de (de) m.
Greek: λάκη (láki) f.
Hebrew: לכה (lakah) f.
Hungarian: lakk hu (hu)
Italian: lacca it (it) f.
Japanese: ニス (nísu), 漆 (うるし , urushí)
Korean: 래커 (raekeo)
Macedonian : лак mk (mk) (lak) m.
Norwegian: fargestoff n.
Polish: lakier pl (pl) m.
Portuguese: laca pt (pt) f.
Russian: лак (lak) m.
Spanish: laca es (es) f.
Swahili: ziwa sw (sw)
Thai: ครั่ง (khràng)
Verb [ ]
Infinitive
to Lake
Third person singular
lak
Simple past
-
Past participle
-
Present participle
es
to Lake (third-person singular simple present lak , present participle es , simple past and past participle - )
To make lake-red.
Anagrams [ ]
Dutch [ ]
Verb [ ]
Lake
The singular present subjunctive of laken .
Norwegian [ ]
Noun [ ]
Lake m.
pickle , brine
burbot , eelpout
Verb [ ]
Lake
To pickle .
Swedish [ ]
Wikipedia sv
Noun [ ]
Lake c.
burbot (a freshwater fish: Lota lota )
This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at burbot . It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see Lake in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2009
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