lac
French, noun/lak/
lac is spelled L-A-C (3 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lac is a French masculine noun meaning “lake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grande étendue d’eau complètement entourée de terres, généralement d’eau douce”.
What does lac mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelake
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grande étendue d’eau complètement entourée de terres, généralement d’eau douce. 2. Mer sous le contrôle militaire unique.
noun: 1. Ligne aérienne de contact, fil par lequel un train est alimenté en électricité via son pantographe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lac
- lacs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lac?
- /lak/
- \lak\
- [lak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lac
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lac in French?
lac appears 47 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).