lag

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /læɡ/
  • (North American also) IPA: /leɪɡ/, IPA: /lɛɡ/
  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Adjective [edit]

lag

  1. late
    • 1592, William Shakespeare, King Richard III
      Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too lag to see him buried.

Noun [edit]

lag (countable and uncountable; plural lags)

  1. (countable) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency.
    • 2004, May 10. The New Yorker Online,
      During the Second World War, for instance, the Washington Senators had a starting rotation that included four knuckleball pitchers. But, still, I think that some of that was just a generational lag.
  2. (uncountable) Delay; latency.
    • 1999, Loyd Case, Building the ultimate game PC
      Whatever the symptom, lag is a drag. But what causes it? One cause is delays in getting the data from your PC to the game server.
    • 2001, Patricia M. Wallace, The psychology of the Internet
      When the lag is low, 2 or 3 seconds perhaps, Internet chatters seem reasonably content.
    • 2002, Marty Cortinas, Clifford Colby, The Macintosh bible
      Latency, or lag, is an unavoidable part of Internet gaming.
  3. (UK, slang, archaic) One sentenced to transportation for a crime.
  4. (UK, slang) a prisoner, a criminal.
    • 1934, P. G. Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves
      On both these occasions I had ended up behind the bars, and you might suppose that an old lag like myself would have been getting used to it by now.
  5. A minigame of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

Usage notes [edit]

In casual use, lag and latency are used synonymously for “delay between initiating an action and the effect”, with lag more casual. In formal use, latency is the technical term, while lag is used when latency is greater than usual, particularly in internet gaming.

Synonyms [edit]

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Translations [edit]

(Internet) bad connection, loss of connection

Verb [edit]

lag (third-person singular simple present lags, present participle lagging, simple past and past participle lagged)

  1. to fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Canto I
      Behind her farre away a Dwarfe did lag, / That lasie seemd in being ever last, / Or wearied with bearing of her bag / Of needments at his backe.
    • 1616, George Chapman, The Odysseys of Homer
      Lazy beast! / Why last art thou now? Thou hast never used / To lag thus hindmost
    • 1717, The Metamorphoses of Ovid translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands
      While he, whose tardy feet had lagg'd behind, / Was doom'd the sad reward of death to find.
    • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts
      Brown skeletons of leaves that lag / My forest-brook along
    • 2004, — The New Yorker, 5 April 2004
      Over the next fifty years, by most indicators dear to economists, the country remained the richest in the world. But by another set of numbers—longevity and income inequality—it began to lag behind Northern Europe and Japan.
  2. to cover (for example, pipes) with felt strips or similar material
    • c. 1974, Philip Larkin, The Building
      Outside seems old enough: / Red brick, lagged pipes, and someone walking by it / Out to the car park, free.
  3. (UK, slang, archaic) To transport as a punishment for crime.
    • De Quincey
      She lags us if we poach.
  4. (transitive) To cause to lag; to slacken.
    • Heywood
      To lag his flight.

Translations [edit]

to fall behind

Derived terms [edit]

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Anagrams [edit]

Afrikaans [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Dutch lachen.

Verb [edit]

lag (past participle gelag)

  1. to laugh

Albanian [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Albanian *(u)lag-, from Proto-Indo-European *uelK-, *uelHK- 'wet, moist'. Cognate to Lithuanian vilgyti (“to wet, moisten, water”), vilgti (“to become moist, wet”) and Latvian vilgt (“to become moist, wet”), .

Verb [edit]

lag (first-person singular past tense laga, participle lagur)

  1. to wet, moisten, water
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Proto-Albanian *lag-, from Proto-Indo-European *legh- 'to lay, lie (down)'. Cognate to Ancient Greek λόχος (“ambush, ambuscade, armed band ”). Singular form of lagje.

Noun [edit]

lag m

  1. troop, band, encampment
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Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse lag.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /laːɡ/, [læːˀj], [læjˀ]

Noun [edit]

lag n (singular definite laget, plural indefinite lag)

  1. layer
  2. coat, coating
  3. class
  4. stratum

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of lag
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative lag laget lag lagene
genitive lags lagets lags lagenes

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

lag

  1. singular past indicative of liggen

Anagrams [edit]

Faroese [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /lɛaː/

Noun [edit]

lag n (genitive singular lags, plural løg)

  1. layer
  2. (in compounds) what belongs together (company, union)
  3. regularity, order
  4. skill, capability
  5. method, system
  6. importance
  7. mood
  8. design, shape
  9. melody

Usage notes [edit]

what belongs together

order

  • í lagi - in order, all right, ok

skill

importance

mood

  • tað er einki lag á honum - he is in a bad mood

Declension [edit]

n6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lag lagið løg løgini
Accusative lag lagið løg løgini
Dative lag(i) lag(i)num løgum løgunum
Genitive lags lagsins laga laganna

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

lag

  1. First-person singular indicative past form of liegen.
  2. Third-person singular indicative past form of liegen.

Gothic [edit]

Romanization [edit]

lag

  1. See 𐌻𐌰𐌲

Icelandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse lag.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lag n

  1. layer
  2. song

Declension [edit]

declension of lag
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lag lagið lög lögin
accusative lag lagið lög lögin
dative lagi laginu lögum lögunum
genitive lags lagsins laga laganna

Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggo-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-, compare slack and Latin laxus (“slack”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

lag

  1. weak

Declension [edit]

Declension of lag
First Declension
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive masc. fem. (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative lag laga
Vocative laig lag laga
Genitive laig laige laga lag
Dative lag laga
Comparative laige

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

lag

  1. rafsi of vlagi.

Maltese [edit]

Noun [edit]

lag m

  1. lake

Synonyms [edit]

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Noun [edit]

lag n (definite singular laget; indefinite plural lag; definite plural laga/lagene)

  1. layer
  2. team (group of people)
  3. mood

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Noun [edit]

lag n (definite singular laget; indefinite plural lag; definite plural laga)

  1. layer
  2. team (group of people)
  3. mood

Derived terms [edit]

Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (“low”).

Adjective [edit]

lāg (comparative lāgiro, superlative lāgist)

  1. low

Declension [edit]

Declension of lāg
Strong declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative lāg lāge lāg lāge lāg lāgu
accusative lāgan lāge lāg lāge lāga lāgu
genitive lāges lāgarō lāges lāgarō lāgaro lāgarō
dative lāgumu lāgum lāgumu lāgum lāgaro lāgum
Weak declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative lāgo lāgu lāga lāgu lāga lāgu
accusative lāgun lāgun lāga lāgun lāgun lāgun
genitive lāgun lāgonō lāgun lāgonō lāgun lāgonō
dative lāgun lāgum lāgun lāgum lāgun lāgum


Romansch [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • (Sutsilvan) laitg
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) lai
  • (Puter) lej

Etymology [edit]

From Latin lacus.

Noun [edit]

lag m (plural lags)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) lake

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Adjective [edit]

lag

  1. weak, feeble

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Swedish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Swedish lagh, which is Old Norse lǫg (alternative spelling: lög). Cognate with Danish lov and Norwegian lov. English law is borrowed from Norse. Belongs to Old Norse leggja “to define”.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lag c

  1. a law; a written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and the appropriate consequences thereof. Laws are usually associated with mores.
  2. law; the body of written rules governing a society.
  3. a law; a one-sided contract.
  4. a law; an observed physical law.
  5. (mathematics) a law; a statement that is true under specified conditions.
Declension [edit]
Declension of lag
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lag lagen lagar lagarna
genitive lags lagens lagars lagarnas
Usage notes [edit]
  • In the expression vara någon till lags (“to be of service to someone”), this is an ancient genitive controlled by the preposition till (“to”)
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See also [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old Swedish lagher (Old Norse lǫgr), from Proto-Germanic *laguz, from Proto-Indo-European *lakw-. Cognate with Latin lacus.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lag c

  1. (cooking) a water-based solution of sugar, salt and/or other spices; e.g. brine
Declension [edit]
Declension of lag
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lag lagen lagar lagarna
genitive lags lagens lagars lagarnas
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Etymology 3 [edit]

From Old Swedish lagh (Old Norse lag). Derived from Old Norse leggja “to lay” or liggja “to lie”.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

lag n

  1. a workgroup, a team; group of people which in sports compete together versus another team; or in general, work closely together
Declension [edit]
Declension of lag
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lag laget lag lagen
genitive lags lagets lags lagens
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References [edit]

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