lacuna.
A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
Meaning & usage
A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
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 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.
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin lacūna (“a ditch, pit; a hollow, cavity; a gap, defect”). Doublet of lacune and lagoon.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.