stagnum

Meaning

1. (declension-2) a body of standing water (such as a pond, lagoon, swamp, fen or pool)
2. (declension-2, poetic) waters
3. (declension-2, poetic) any pool or lake in general

Concepts

lake

pewter

pond

tin

open water

Synonyms

lacus

stannum

jezerce

ribnjak

prud

žabnjak

Translations

stagno

غدير

غَدير

peltre

See

Weiher

Zinn

κασσίτερος

δεξαμενή/τεχνητή λίμνη

étain

étang

laghetto

tin

vijver

waterplas

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈstaːŋ.nũː]

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to seep, drip”), whence also Ancient Greek στάζω (stázō, “to drip”) (with different ablaut grade), as well as Old Breton staer (“river, brook”). Conversely, possibly related to Ancient Greek τέναγος (ténagos, “shoal water, shallows”).