lacunar

English

Etymology

From lacuna +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈku.nɚ/, /ləˈkju.nɚ/

Adjective

lacunar (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to a lacuna.
   • 2016 March 3, “Comparison of Risk Factor between Lacunar Stroke and Large Artery Atherosclerosis Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study in China”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.

Synonyms

• lacunal

Derived terms

• sublacunar
• trilacunar
• unilacunar

Related terms

• lacunate

Noun

lacunar (plural lacunars)

1. (architecture) A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit.
2. (architecture) A ceiling containing panels of this kind.

Anagrams

• canular

Latin

Etymology

From lacūna (“cavity, hollow”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈkuː.nar/, [ɫ̪äˈkuːnär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈku.nar/, [läˈkuːnär]

Noun

lacūnar n (genitive lacūnāris); third declension

1. ceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscoted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber
2. (in the plural) panels of the under surface of a cornice

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	lacūnar	lacūnāria
genitive	lacūnāris	lacūnārium
dative	lacūnārī	lacūnāribus
accusative	lacūnar	lacūnāria
ablative	lacūnārī	lacūnāribus
vocative	lacūnar	lacūnāria

Heteroclitic forms:

• genitive plural: lacūnāriōrum
• dative plural: lacūnāriīs

References

• “lacunar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lacunar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacunaire.

Adjective

lacunar m or n (feminine singular lacunară, masculine plural lacunari, feminine and neuter plural lacunare)

1. incomplete, containing gaps

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	lacunar		lacunară		lacunari	lacunare
	definite	lacunarul		lacunara		lacunarii	lacunarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	lacunar		lacunare		lacunari	lacunare
	definite	lacunarului		lacunarei		lacunarilor	lacunarelor

Spanish

Adjective

lacunar m or f (masculine and feminine plural lacunares)

1. lacunar