lac

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

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Singular
lac

Plural
uncountable

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

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lac

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

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

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lac m. (plural lacs)

  1. lake

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

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lac f and m

  1. lake
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