lacune
English
Etymology
From French lacune.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ləˈk(j)uːn/
Noun
lacune (plural lacunes)
- A lacunar stroke or infarct.
- 2018, The New England Journal of Medicine, DOI::
- 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.
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- A lacuna.
- 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume I, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 35810401:
- Let us climb over the ice and snow, leap across the lacune, and wipe away the stiria
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References
- lacune in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Lucena, auncel, auncle, cuneal, launce, unlace
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: la‧cu‧ne
Noun
lacune f (plural lacunes, diminutive lacunetje n)
- a gap
- (figuratively) something that is missing
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lacūna. Doublet of lagune.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.kyn/
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Noun
lacune f (plural lacunes)
- gap
- vacuum, empty space
- (figuratively) lack; thing that is missing
- (usually in the plural) ignorance, shortcoming
Descendants
- → English: lacune
- → Romanian: lacună
Further reading
- “lacune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- encula
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈku.ne/
- Rhymes: -une
- Hyphenation: la‧cù‧ne
Noun
lacune f
- plural of lacuna
Anagrams
- alcune, lucane, nucale
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [laˈkune]
Noun
lacune f
- inflection of lacună:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular