Usage Note
Lac is masculine and the final 'c' is pronounced. Large Swiss and French lakes often keep lac before the name: le lac Léman, le lac d'Annecy. Tomber à l'eau means 'to fall through' (of a plan), but lac itself has no common idiomatic extensions.
Examples
"Nous avons pêché au bord du lac toute la journée."
Natural Translation
We fished on the edge of the lake all day.
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