different between lacuna vs lacunose

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac?na (“ditch, gap”), diminutive form of lacus (“lake”). Doublet of lagoon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??kju?.n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l??ku?.n?/, /l??kju?.n?/
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Noun

lacuna (plural lacunae or lacunæ or lacunas)

1. A small opening; a small pit or depression.
2. A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
3. An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.

4. Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
5. (microscopy) A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
6. (translation studies) A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.

Synonyms

• hiatus
• gap
• (translation studies): anisomorphism

Derived terms

• lacunal
• lacunar
• lacunary
• lacunose

Translations

Anagrams

• canula

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac?na. Compare the inherited doublet laguna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?ku.na/
• Rhymes: -una

Noun

lacuna f (plural lacune)

1. gap
2. blank (space)
3. lapse (of memory)

Derived terms

• cunetta

Further reading

• lacuna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• alcuna
• lucana

Latin

Etymology

From lacus (“lake, basin”).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /la?ku?.na/, [??ä?ku?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la?ku.na/, [l??ku?n?]

Noun

lac?na f (genitive lac?nae); first declension

1. a hole, pit
2. an opening, cavity, hollow, cleft
3. a gap, void, defect

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• lac?nar
• lac?n?rius
• lac?n?
• lac?n?sus

Descendants

References

• lacuna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lacuna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lacuna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lacuna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lacuna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lacuna in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lac?na. Compare the inherited lagoa and laguna.

Noun

lacuna f (plural lacunas)

1. hiatus (gap in a series)

   Synonym: hiato

2. blank (space to be filled in)

Related terms

• lagoa

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la?kuna]

Noun

lacuna f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lacun?

English

Etymology

lacuna +? -ose

Adjective

lacunose (comparative more lacunose, superlative most lacunose)

1. Full of gaps or lacunae.

Italian

Adjective

lacunose

1. feminine plural of lacunoso

Latin

Adjective

lac?n?se

1. vocative masculine singular of lac?n?sus