lacuna
A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in boneA small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
» There's a lacuna in this poem.
Meaning
6 sensesA small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
Spalt
A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
a blank gap or missing part
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
Long lacunae in this inscription make interpretation difficult.
(figuratively)Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.
lexikalische Lücke
Examples
4 sentencesThere's a lacuna in this poem.
As an assignment, fill in the lacuna in this poem.
There are lacunae in this inscription that make it difficult to decipher.
Tom's poems simulate the lacunae found in ancient writing for poetic effect.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). DouLearned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). Doublet of lacune and lagoon.
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Forms
plural: lacunae / lacunasSynonyms
4 synonyms- a blank gap or missing part:blank
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular