Loch

English

Noun

Loch (plural Lochs)

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

Synonyms

(lake):

• lake

Hyponyms

(sea inlet):

• bay
• firth
• fjord
• estuary
• sea loch
• strait

Derived terms

• sea loch

Thesaurus

arm, armlet, artificial lake, bay, bayou, bayou lake, belt, bight, boca, cistern, cove, creek, dam, dead water, dike, estuary, etang, euripus, farm pond, fishpond, fjord, freshwater lake, frith, glacial lake, gulf, gut, harbor, inland sea, inlet, kyle, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, linn, lough, mere, millpond, millpool, mouth, narrow, narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, nyanza, oxbow lake, plash, pond, pondlet, pool, puddle, reach, reservoir, road, roads, roadstead, salina, salt pond, sound, stagnant water, standing water, still water, strait, straits, sump, tank, tarn, tidal pond, volcanic lake, water hole, water pocket, well

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɒx/, /lɒk/, SAMPA: /lQx/, /lQk/
• Rhymes: -ɒx or Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic loch. Distant cognate to lake.

Translations

lake, bay or arm of the sea

Finnish: järvi (fi)

Macedonian: лох (mk) (loh) m.

Anagrams

• HOLC

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French

Noun

Loch m. (plural Lochs)

1. (nautical) a log
2. A loch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔk/, SAMPA: /lOk/

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Irish

Noun

Loch m.

1. lake

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [l̪ˠɔx]

• loch (GA)

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  (file)

Declension

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative loch lochanna Vocative a loch a lochanna Genitive locha lochanna Dative loch lochanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an loch na lochanna Genitive an locha na lochanna Dative leis an loch don loch leis na lochanna

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Old Irish

Noun

Loch n. m.

1. lake
2. inlet of the sea

Descendants

• Irish: loch
• Manx: logh
• Scottish Gaelic: loch

Adjective

Loch

1. black, dark

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *laku-.

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Polish

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loch

Noun

Loch m.

1. dungeon (an underground prison or vault)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔx/

Declension

    declension of Loch

	singular	plural
nominative	loch	lochy
genitive	lochu	lochów
dative	lochowi	lochom
accusative	loch	lochy
instrumental	lochem	lochami
locative	lochu	lochach
vocative	lochu	lochy

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Scots

Noun

Loch (plural Lochs)

1. lake, loch, firth

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔx/, SAMPA: /lOx/

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic loch.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

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

Etymology

From Old Irish loch.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɫ̪ɔx]