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発音

• (Ireland) IPA: /lɑx/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /lɒk/, /lɒx/
• (General American) IPA: /lɑk/, /lɑx/ (in some rare cases realized as [lɑç])
• 韻: -ɒk, -ɒx
• 異形同音異義語: loch, lock

名詞

lough (plural loughs)

1. (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:

     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, →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.

同意語

• loch (in Scotland)

派生語

語源 2

From 中期英語 lough, logh, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *lux, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /lɒf/
• 韻: -ɒf

名詞

lough (plural loughs)

1. (Northumbria, Cumbria) lake, pool

アナグラム

• ghoul

語源

From a Celtic language.

名詞

lough (plural loughs)

1. lake
2. loch

派生した語

• English: lough, loch
• Scots: loch

参照

• “lough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.