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Revision as of 23:29, 7 October 2024
See also: Lough
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of loch and Looe.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒk/, /lɒx/
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɑk/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk, -ɒx
- Homophone: loch
Noun
lough (plural loughs)
- (Ireland) A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
- 2009 January 26, Henry McDonald, “It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough […] .
- 2023 August 23, Tommy Greene, “Lough Neagh ‘dying in plain sight’ due to vast algal blooms”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- A study showing that the temperature of the lough’s water has risen 1C since 1995, however, suggests that climate change and clearer waters as a result of an invasive zebra mussel species may also be contributing factors.
Synonyms
- loch (in Scotland)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English lough, logh, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *luch, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lough (plural loughs)
- (Northumbria, Cumbria) lake, pool
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a Celtic language.
Noun
lough (plural loughs)
Descendants
References
- “lough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Irish
- English terms derived from Irish
- English terms derived from Old Irish
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒk
- Rhymes:English/ɒk/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɒx
- Rhymes:English/ɒx/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Irish English
- English terms with quotations
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms borrowed from Cumbric
- English terms derived from Cumbric
- English terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Rhymes:English/ɒf
- Rhymes:English/ɒf/1 syllable
- Northumbrian English
- Cumbrian English
- en:Bodies of water
- English terms with /x/
- Middle English terms borrowed from Celtic languages
- Middle English terms derived from Celtic languages
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns