how to pronounce lacuna

/ləˈkjuː.nə/

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lacuna is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of lacuna

noun:

An absent part, especially in a book or other piece of writing, often referring to an ancient manuscript or similar.
A small opening; a small pit or depression.
A space visible between cells, allowing free passage of light.
Any gap, break, hole, or lack in a set of things; something missing.
A small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
A language gap, which occurs when there is no direct translation in the target language for a lexical term found in the source language.

lacuna frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lacuna occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lacuna can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lacuna can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;