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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?x/, /l?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l?x/, /l?k/
• Rhymes: -?x, -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English lough, borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond; pool”). Doublet of lough.

Noun

loch (plural lochs)

1. (Ireland, Scotland) A lake.
2. (Ireland, Scotland) A bay or arm of the sea.

Synonyms

• (both senses): lough (Britain, Ireland)
• (lake): lake
• (bay or arm of the sea): bay, firth, sea loch

Hyponyms

• estuary
• fjord
• strait

Derived terms

Related terms

• lochan (diminutive)
• lough (Britain, Ireland)

Translations

Etymology 2

See lohoch.

Noun

loch (plural lochs)

1. Alternative form of lohoch (“medicine taken by licking”)

References

Further reading

• loch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• HOCl, HOLC, OLHC, chol, ochl-

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• lòch (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh, from Proto-Germanic *luk? (“lock”). Cognate with German Loch, Dutch lok, English lock, Icelandic lok.

Noun

loch n

1. (Luserna) hole

References

• “loch” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Loch (“hole”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ox

Noun

loch m

1. (colloquial) nick, slammer (prison)

Declension

Synonyms

• kriminál, v?zení

Further reading

• loch in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• loch in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?k/

Etymology 1

Since late 17th century. Along with the obsolete lok, borrowed from English log directly and through Dutch log, from Middle English logge, logg, of uncertain but perhaps Scandinavian origin.

Noun

loch m (plural lochs)

1. (nautical) chip log, log
   • 1698, Traité complet de la navigation, by Jean Bouguer

     L'on, marque encore les toises que fait un Vaisseau par le loch qui est un morceau de bois d'environ un anpan de long, taillé comme le fond d'une barque, garni de plomb sous son fond pour luy servir de leste, auquel attache un ligne de menuë & fine marquée par toises, & pour s'en servir on jette le loch à la mer par la Poupe ou arriere du Vaisseau, & l'on file de la ligne jusqu'à ce que le loch soit hors du remore du Vaisseau, aprés l'on commence à compter les toises de la ligne que l'on file pendant une demy minute, & si l'on en file six toises le Navire fait un quart de lieuë par heure, si l'on en file 24 toises on fait une lieuë par heure, & si 48 toises on fait deux lieuës par heure, &c.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English loch, from Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun

loch m (plural lochs)

1. loch

Further reading

• “loch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???x/

Noun

loch m (genitive singular locha, nominative plural lochanna)

1. lake

Declension

Derived terms

• lochán

Descendants

• ? English: lough

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ox/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lókus.

Noun

loch n or m (genitive locho)

1. lake
2. inlet of the sea

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: loch
  • ? English: lough
• Manx: logh
• Scottish Gaelic: loch
  • ? Middle English: lough, loch, louche
    • English: loch
    • Scots: loch

Etymology 2

Adjective

loch

1. black, dark

Inflection

Mutation

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Loch (“hole”), from Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh, from Proto-Germanic *luk? (“lock; hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?x/

Noun

loch m inan

1. dungeon (an underground prison or vault)
2. colloquial, regional cellar (esp. a pantry in the cellar)

Declension

Noun

loch f pl

1. genitive plural of locha

Further reading

• loch in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French loch.

Noun

loch n (plural lochuri)

1. loch

Declension

Scots

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?x/

Noun

loch (plural lochs)

1. lake, loch, firth

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish loch, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???x], /???x/

Noun

loch f (genitive singular locha, plural lochan)

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

Derived terms

• lochan (diminutive)
• muc-locha

Descendants

• ? Middle English: lough, loch, louche
  • English: loch
  • Scots: loch