lacuna

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
 * 2)  A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
 * 3) A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
 * 4) An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
 * 5)  Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
 * 6)  A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.
 * 1)  Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
 * 2)  A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.
 * 1)  A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.
 * 1)  A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.
 * 1)  A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Ido:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lakune
 * Nynorsk: lakune
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: lakuuni
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lakune
 * Nynorsk: lakune
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: taalhiaat
 * Finnish: leksikaalinen aukko
 * German: lexikalische Lücke
 * Greek:
 * Occitan: lacuna lexicala
 * Spanish: vacío léxico, laguna léxica
 * Swedish: lexikal lucka

Etymology
. Compare the inherited doublet.

Noun

 * 1) gap
 * 2) blank (space)
 * 3) lapse (of memory)

Etymology
According to and, from the feminine substantivation of an unattested adjectival form *lacūnus (pertaining to a lake, cistern), itself from. For the u-stem-appended -nus adjectival suffix compare and, from. For its substantivation, probably from the clipping of the set-phrase "lacuna aqua" (cistern water), compare with the same development.

Noun

 * 1)  a hole, pit, ditch;  a pool, pond
 * 2)  an opening, cavity, hollow, cleft, chasm
 * 3)  a gap, void, defect, want, loss
 * 1)  a gap, void, defect, want, loss
 * 1)  a gap, void, defect, want, loss

Etymology
. Compare the inherited  and.

Noun

 * 1) hiatus gap in a series
 * 2) blank space to be filled in
 * 1) blank space to be filled in