lacune
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French lacune. Doublet of lacuna and lagoon.
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Noun[edit]
lacune (plural lacunes)
- A lacunar stroke or infarct.
- 2018, The New England Journal of Medicine, :
- We compared the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban […] with aspirin […] for the prevention of recurrent stroke in patients with recent ischemic stroke that was presumed to be from cerebral embolism but without arterial stenosis, lacune, or an identified cardioembolic source.
- A lacuna.
- 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
- Let us climb over the ice and snow, leap across the lacune, and wipe away the stiria
References[edit]
- “lacune”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Hyphenation: la‧cu‧ne
Noun[edit]
lacune f (plural lacunes, diminutive lacunetje n)
- a gap
- (figuratively) something that is missing
- Synonym: leemte
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin lacūna. Doublet of lagune.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lacune f (plural lacunes)
- gap
- vacuum, empty space
- (figuratively) lack; thing that is missing
- (usually in the plural) ignorance, shortcoming
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lacune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Italian[edit]
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Noun[edit]
lacune f
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Romanian[edit]
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Noun[edit]
lacune f
- inflection of lacună:
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