Französisch: Lagon vs LaguneEnglisch translation: lagoon vs coral reef lagoon 
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Spiele/Videospiele/Computerspiele/Kasino | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: Lagon vs Lagune | I am working on a French video game and these two words are used throughout.
Is there a difference between the two or are they just synonymous for lagoon?
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| | Notiz(en) an den/des Fragesteller(s)Elizabeth Lyons: 7:05pm Dec 14, 2005: SwissTell, thank you as well. The distinction Bourth describes was also in my LaRousse French to French dictionary but not in as much detail. Usually English has a word for such nuances but apparently not in this instance. Thanks so much to everyone for the agreeing confirmation!
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| | Not the same thing but ... | Erklärung:
lagon - Etendue d'eau entre un récif corallien et l'île, ou à l'intérieur d'un atoll. Même mot que lac. Les eaux, salées, sont calmes et poissoneuses, et riches de bleus qui en font d'éminentes ressources touristiques.
lagune - Etendue d'eau sur un littoral, enfermée par un cordon de sédiments (v. lac). L'eau y est plus ou moins salée ou saumâtre selon les apports continentaux et le comportement de l'exutoire (étier ou grau); des formes particulières de végétation halophile s'y développent. On peut y pratiquer l'aquaculture, et des activités de loisir. Les lagunes sont fréquentes sur les rivages de mers sans forte marée et à riches apports sédimentaires...
[Les Mots de la Géographie - dictionnaire critique, Roger Brunet]
In English, however, we have only one word:
lagoon - A coastal stretch of shallow saltwater virtually cut off from the open sea by a barrier-beach, a shingle ridge or an offshore reef, particularly a coral reef. The term is also used for the circular body of water partly enclosed within an atoll.
[Penguin Dict. of Physical Geography]
If it appears to be important to distinguish (though it is far from certain the writer knows the difference or was aware he was using two different words, I suspect), you may have to play with words along the lines of "brackish/saltwater lagoon", "coral lagoon", "lagoon at the centre of the atoll", etc.
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-12-14 01:28:56 GMT)
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Bourth
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| Hinweis von Fragesteller an den AntwortendenI appreciate this and will file it. I was hoping there was a good word in English to distinguish coral reef lagoon from others. I have sent the client a note to this effect and used simply lagoon. Your answer confirmed it for me!
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| Not the same thing but ...
Erklärung:
lagon - Etendue d'eau entre un récif corallien et l'île, ou à l'intérieur d'un atoll. Même mot que lac. Les eaux, salées, sont calmes et poissoneuses, et riches de bleus qui en font d'éminentes ressources touristiques.
lagune - Etendue d'eau sur un littoral, enfermée par un cordon de sédiments (v. lac). L'eau y est plus ou moins salée ou saumâtre selon les apports continentaux et le comportement de l'exutoire (étier ou grau); des formes particulières de végétation halophile s'y développent. On peut y pratiquer l'aquaculture, et des activités de loisir. Les lagunes sont fréquentes sur les rivages de mers sans forte marée et à riches apports sédimentaires...
[Les Mots de la Géographie - dictionnaire critique, Roger Brunet]
In English, however, we have only one word:
lagoon - A coastal stretch of shallow saltwater virtually cut off from the open sea by a barrier-beach, a shingle ridge or an offshore reef, particularly a coral reef. The term is also used for the circular body of water partly enclosed within an atoll.
[Penguin Dict. of Physical Geography]
If it appears to be important to distinguish (though it is far from certain the writer knows the difference or was aware he was using two different words, I suspect), you may have to play with words along the lines of "brackish/saltwater lagoon", "coral lagoon", "lagoon at the centre of the atoll", etc.
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Note added at 23 mins (2005-12-14 01:28:56 GMT)
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PS - Is that your house?
| Bourth
Frankreich
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| Hinweis von Fragesteller an den Antwortenden| I appreciate this and will file it. I was hoping there was a good word in English to distinguish coral reef lagoon from others. I have sent the client a note to this effect and used simply lagoon. Your answer confirmed it for me! |
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