loch

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlɒx/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/lɑk, lɑx/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lok, loкн)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
loch /lɑk, lɑx/USA pronunciation   n. [countable][Scottish.]
  1. Scottish Termsa lake.
  2. Scottish Termsa partially landlocked or protected bay or arm of the sea.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
loch  (lok, loкн),USA pronunciation n. [Scot.]
  1. Scottish Termsa lake.
  2. Scottish Termsa partially landlocked or protected bay;
    a narrow arm of the sea.
  • Scots Gaelic loch, Old Irish loch lake, cognate with Latin lacus, Old English lagu; see lake1, lough
  • Middle English (Scots) louch, locht 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
loch / lɒx lɒk/
  1. a Scots word for lake1
  2. Also called: sea loch a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Scotland
Etymology: 14th Century: from Gaelic
'loch' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ben Lomond - Fort William - Great Glen - Katrine - Leven - Linnhe - Loch Ness - Loch Ness monster - Loch Raven - Lomond - Morar - Ness - Nessie - Tay - Trossachs - West Dunbartonshire - cryptozoology - fetlock - lake - lochia - lough - sea loch

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