German

Noun

Loch n ‎(genitive Lochs or Loches, plural Löcher, diminutive Löchlein n or Löchelchen n)

1. hole
2. (dentistry) cavity
3. (colloquial) boring small town or village
4. (colloquial) apartment, flat or house in a bad condition; dump

Declension

Derived terms

• aus dem letzten Loch pfeifen (less commonly: auf dem letzten Loch) - to be at the end of one's tether
• ein Loch in den Bauch fragen - to talk someone's head off
• Lochkarte
• Lochfraßkorrosion
• Sommerloch

English

Noun

loch ‎(plural lochs)

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

Derived terms

• sea loch

Related terms

• lochan (diminutive)

Synonyms

(lake):

• lake

Hyponyms

(sea inlet):

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

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French looch, from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

loch

1. Alternative form of looch

Anagrams

• HOLC

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing from German Loch ‎(“hole”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ox

Noun

loch m

1. (colloquial) nick, slammer (prison)

Declension

Synonyms

• kriminál, vězení

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Dutch log.

Noun

loch m ‎(plural lochs)

1. (nautical) chip log, log

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English loch, from Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun

loch m ‎(plural lochs)

1. loch

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɔx/

Noun

loch m ‎(genitive singular locha, nominative plural lochanna)

1. lake

Declension

Derived terms

• lochán

Descendants

• English: lough

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈ox/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lakus.

Noun

loch n, m

1. lake
2. inlet of the sea

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

loch

1. black, dark

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Polish

loch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔx/

Noun

loch m inan

1. dungeon (an underground prison or vault)

Declension

Noun

loch f pl

1. genitive plural of locha

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔx/

Etymology

Borrowing from Scottish Gaelic loch.

Noun

loch ‎(plural lochs)

1. lake, loch, firth

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫ̪ɔx], /ɫ̪ɔx/

Noun

loch f ‎(genitive singular locha, plural lochan)

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

Derived terms

• lochan (diminutive)
• muc-locha