lac
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
Portuguese laca from Persian لاک (lāk) from Hindi लाख (lākh) from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).
[edit] Noun
lac (uncountable)
- A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect.
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Urdu لاکھ; Hindustani लाख (lākh); Sanskrit लक्षं (lakṣaṇ)
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[edit] Noun
lac
- One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India).
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[edit] Aromanian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin lacus.
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lac
[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.
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- IPA: /lak/
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Audio (France, Paris) (file) -
Audio (Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ak
- Homophones: lacs, laque, laquent, laques
[edit] Noun
lac m. (plural lacs)
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[edit] Latin
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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts (gen. *ǵlaktós) (compare Greek γάλα (gála) ‘milk’, Albanian dhallë ‘buttermilk’, Waigali zōr ‘milk’, Hittite galaktar ‘balm, resin’).
[edit] Noun
lac (genitive lactis); n, third declension
- milk
- Cum lacte nutricis. — With the nurse's milk.
- 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.
- milky juice
- Lac herbae. — Milk of a plant.
- cum lacte veneni. — with poisonous milk.
- Tenero dum lacte, quod intro est.
- (poetic) milk-white color
- Candidus taurus ... una fuit labes; cetera lactis erant, Ov. A. A. 1, 290 .
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lac | lacta |
| genitive | lactis | lactum |
| dative | lactī | lactibus |
| accusative | lac | lacta |
| ablative | lacte | lactibus |
| vocative | lac | lacta |
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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)
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[edit] Old English
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Proto-Germanic *laikan from *laiko- ‘play’. Cognates include Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”).
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- IPA: /lɑːk/
[edit] Noun
lāc f. and n.
- play, sport
- battle, strife
- gift, offering, sacrifice, booty; message
- Hie drihtne lac begen brohton.
- They both brought an offering to the Lord.
- Hie drihtne lac begen brohton.
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(when neuter)
(when feminine)
[edit] Old Irish
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From Proto-Celtic *laggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-.
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lac
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- Irish: lag
- Manx: lag
- Scottish Gaelic: lag
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
From Latin lacus (“lake”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, French lac, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.
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[edit] Noun
lac m.
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- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Persian
- English terms derived from Hindi
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English nouns
- English terms derived from Urdu
- Aromanian terms derived from Latin
- Aromanian nouns
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms with homophones
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin nouns
- Latin poetic terms
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English nouns
- Old English a-stem nouns
- Old English ō-stem nouns
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish adjectives
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian nouns
- Romansch nouns
