See lacus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tub"
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[
"sink",
"sink"
],
[
"vat",
"vat"
],
[
"wine",
"wine"
],
[
"vat",
"vat"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈɫa.kʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlaː.kus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"ɫ"
],
"word": "lacus"
}
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