lack

lack

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lak/
  • (US) IPA(key): /læk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

Middle English, cognate with or from Middle Low German lak, Middle Dutch lac (deficiency) and Middle Dutch laken (blame, lack); all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (to blame, reproach), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. See also Dutch lak (calumny), Old Norse lakr (lacking).

Noun

lack (countable and uncountable, plural lacks)

  1. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
    Antonyms: glut, surplus
  2. (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

lack (third-person singular simple present lacks, present participle lacking, simple past and past participle lacked)

  1. (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
  2. (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.
  4. (obsolete) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • lackluster
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lack (plural lacks)

  1. Archaic form of lakh.
    a lack of rupees

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “lak(k)on-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325

See also

  • good lack

Anagrams

  • calk, kcal

German

Pronunciation

Verb

lack

  1. imperative singular of lacken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of lacken

Swedish

Etymology

From French lacre (sealing wax), from Portuguese laca.

Noun

lack n

  1. lacquer

Declension

Derived terms

  • klarlack
  • lacknafta
  • lackskor
  • nagellack

Related terms

  • lackera

Adjective

lack (comparative mer lack, superlative mest lack)

  1. (colloquial) angry

See also

  • lakk

References

  • lack in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • lack in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • lack in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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