English Explanatory Dictionary

loch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lake.
  2. A bay or arm of the sea.
noun
  1. Alternative form of lohoch (“medicine taken by licking”).
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Bass Coast Shire and South Gippsland Shire, southern Victoria, Australia.

Pronunciation

/lɔx/ /lɒk/ /lɒx/ /lɑk/ /lɑx/ /lɑç/ en-au-loch.ogg

Word forms

loch lochs

Etymology

From Middle English lough, borrowed from Scottish Gaelic loch. Doublet of lay, Looe, and lough.

Synonyms

lough lake bay firth sea loch

Related words

lochan lough

Derived words

Gare Loch Holy Loch Loch Achray Loch Ailort Loch Alsh Loch Assynt Loch Awe Lochawe Loch Broom Loch Carron Lochcarron Loch Creran Loch Earn Loch Eil Lochend Loch Etive Loch Fleet Loch Fyne Loch Hourn Loch Indaal Loch Inver Loch Katrine Loch Leven Loch Linnhe Loch Lochy Loch Lomond Loch Long Loch Ness Loch Ness monster Loch Ossian Loch Ryan Loch Shiel lochside Loch Tay Loch Torridon Loch Treig sea loch

Translations

Breton: loc'h Bulgarian: е́зеро Chinese Mandarin: 湖 Esperanto: loĥo Finnish: järvi French: loch German: Loch Greek: λίμνη Greek: λοχ Irish: loch Macedonian: лох Macedonian: езеро Manx: logh Russian: лох Russian: озеро Scottish Gaelic: loch Spanish: lago Vietnamese: vũng Welsh: llwch Welsh: llyn
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