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Webster 1913 Edition


Lacune

La-cune′

(lȧ-kūn′)
,
Noun.
[F.]
A lacuna.
[R.]
Landor.

Definition 2024


lacune

lacune

English

Noun

lacune (plural lacunes)

  1. A lacuna.
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: la‧cu‧ne

Noun

lacune f (plural lacunes, diminutive lacunetje n)

  1. a gap
  2. (figuratively) something that is missing

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lacūna. Doublet of lacune.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.kyn/

Noun

lacune f (plural lacunes)

  1. gap
  2. vacuum, empty space
  3. (figuratively) lack; thing that is missing
  4. (usually in the plural) ignorance

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Italian

Noun

lacune f

  1. plural of lacuna

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