Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lacunar

/ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: la-cu-nar
IPA: /ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit; a ceiling containing panels of this kind.

adj

Of or pertaining to a lacuna.

Example Sentences

"Lacunar, (in Architect.) the flooring or Planking above the Porticoes; a cieled Roof arched or fretted."
"Lacunariæ, or Lacunars, panels or coffers formed on the ceilings of apartments, and sometimes on the soffits of coronae in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders."
"On the grounds of the coffers forming the lacunaria of the ceilings."
"The circulation is always more or less extensively lacunar; even arteries may be wanting."
"Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lacūnar. First attested in 1696.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/
British English: /ləˈk(j)uː.nə/

Inflected Forms

lacunars (plural) lacunaria (plural)

Derived Forms

lacunarity multilacunar nonlacunar perilacunar sublacunar trilacunar unilacunar

Frequently Paired Words

lacunate

Synonyms

lacunal coffer caisson

Rhymes With

sooner lunar schooner tuner spooner crooner gooner pruner nooner marooner looner pooner

Questions

How do you pronounce lacunar?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈk(j)u.nəɹ/.
What does lacunar mean?: A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit; a ceiling containing panels of this kind.
Where does lacunar come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin lacūnar. First attested in 1696.

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