lac

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Translations 1.1.1.2 Derived terms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Latin 3.1 Alternative spellings 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms 3.2.2 Derived terms 3.2.3 Descendants 4 Old English 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology 1

Portuguese laca < Persian لاک (lāk) < Hindi लाख (lākh) < Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

[edit] Noun

lac (uncountable)

1. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect.

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• shellac

[edit] Etymology 2

From Hindustani लाख / لاکھ (lākh) < Sanskrit लक्षं (lakṣaṇ)

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• lakh

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lac

1. One hundred thousand (commonly used in India).

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin lacus (“‘lake’”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /lak/
•  Audio (France, Paris)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ak
• Homophones: lacs, laque, laquent, laques

[edit] Noun

lac m. (plural lacs)

1. lake

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[edit] Latin

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• lacte
• lact

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lac (genitive lactis); n, third declension

1. milk

   Cum lacte nutricis. — With the nurse's milk.

2. for something sweet, pleasant

   In melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita.

   Ut mentes ... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur.

3. milky juice

   Lac herbae. — Milk of plants.

   cum lacte veneni. — with poisonous milk.

   Tenero dum lacte, quod intro est.

4. (poetic) milk-white color
   • Candidus taurus ... una fuit labes; cetera lactis erant, Ov. A. A. 1, 290 .

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lactāneus lactāris lactārius lactātum lacteō

lacteolus lactesco lacteus lacticīnium lactifer

lactineus lactō lactoris lactūca lactūcārius

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• a lacte cunisque (from the cradle, from infancy)
• lac pressum (cheese)
• tam similem, quam lactis (as like as one egg is to another)
• qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet (of tender age)

[edit] Descendants

• English: lactic
• French: lait
• Italian: latte
• Portuguese: leite
• Romanian: lapte
• Spanish: leche

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[edit] Old English

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Apparently from Germanic *laikom, from *laiko- ‘play’. Cognates include Old Norse leikr ( > Danish leg (“‘game’”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks), “‘dance’”).

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• IPA: /lɑːk/

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lāc n. (plural same)

1. gift, offering, sacrifice, booty
   • Hie drihtne lac begen brohton.

     They both brought an offering to the Lord.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

Latin lacus. Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, French lac, Italian lago, Latin lacus, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

[edit] Noun

lac f and m

1. lake