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lac

lake /ˈlak/

noun#1651 most common

Also: pond, pool

Example sentences

Lacul e frumos.
The lake is beautiful.
Copiii se joacă lângă lac.
The children play near the lake.
Vara mergem la lac să înotăm.
In summer we go to the lake to swim.
Pescarii au prins pește în lac toată dimineața.
The fishermen caught fish in the lake all morning.
Apa lacului a scăzut considerabil din cauza secetei.
The lake's water level dropped considerably because of the drought.
Dacă nu s-ar fi curățat malurile lacurilor, ecosistemul acvatic ar fi fost grav afectat.
If the shores of the lakes had not been cleaned, the aquatic ecosystem would have been badly affected.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativelacullacurile
Genitivelaculuilacurilor
Accusativelacullacurile
Vocativelaculelacurilor

Word family

laclake
lăculețsmall lake, pond
lacustrulacustrine, of or relating to a lake
lacunăgap, lacuna

Etymology

Lac descends directly from Latin lacus, meaning lake or basin. Romanian kept the word almost unchanged as it evolved from spoken Latin in the region. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages and even reached English through French.

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