Lausanne

English

Lausanne

Etymology

From French Lausanne.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ləʊˈzæn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /loʊˈzæn/

Proper noun

Lausanne

  1. A municipality, a city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

Translations

French

Etymology

From the Roman name, Latin Lausanna or Lausōnium, connected to *lausa (slab), named after a cult stone that could be seen near Lausanne until the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo.zan/

Proper noun

Lausanne f

  1. A city and district in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language

References

German

Lausanne

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [loˈzan]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Lau‧sanne

Proper noun

Lausanne n (proper noun, genitive Lausannes or (optionally with an article) Lausanne)

  1. Lausanne (a municipality, a city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland)

Further reading

  • Lausanne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Lausanne” in Duden online
  • Lausanne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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