lait

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lait, layt, leit, leyt, from Old English līġet, līġetu, līeġet (“lightning, flash of lightning”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiþō (“lightning”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine”). Related to Old English līeġ (“fire, flame, lightning”). Compare also Old High German laugazan, lōhazan (“to be red, shine, sparkle”), Gothic  (lauhatjan, “to lighten”). More at lowe, light.

Noun

lait (plural laits)

1. Lightning; flash of lightning; a flash.

Etymology 2

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōnan (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

Alternative forms

• late

Verb

lait (third-person singular simple present laits, present participle laiting, simple past and past participle laited)

1. (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To seek; search for; inquire.

Derived terms

• laitand

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Finnish

Noun

lait

1. Plural form of laki

Anagrams

• Ilta, ilta, liat, tali, tila

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Latin lac, lactis. Compare Catalan llet, Esperanto lakto, Friulian lat, Interlingua lacte, Italian latte, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /lɛ/, X-SAMPA: /lE/

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

1. milk

Derived terms

laitage lait de chaux laiterie

laiteux laitier laitue

Related terms

• lact-, lacto-
• lacté

Anagrams

• a-t-il
• liât

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Latin lac, lactis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts (“milk”).

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

1. milk

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin lac, lactis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts (“milk”).

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

1. milk

Derived terms

Derived terms

lait bidoux (“milk on the turn”) lait cailli (“curdled milk”) lait cailli êputhé (“curd”) lait d'beurre (“buttermilk”) lait d'bronzage (“suntan lotion”) lait d'poule (“milkshake”)

lait êcrémé (“skimmed milk”) lait su (“sour milk”) laitchi (“milk jug, milkman”) laiteux (“milky”) lait'tie (“dairy”) vaque à lait (“dairy cow”)

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Occitan

Etymology

Latin lac.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈlajt]

Noun

lait f (plural laits)

1. milk (white liquid produces by the mammary glands of mammals)

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Old French

Etymology 1

Latin lac.

Noun

lait m (oblique plural laiz, nominative singular laiz, nominative plural lait)

1. milk (white liquid produces by the mammary glands of mammals)

Descendants

• French: lait

Etymology 2

Thought to be of Germanic origin; see Modern French laid.

Adjective

lait m

1. ugly
2. horrific; awful; terrible

Declension

  Declension of lait  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	laits, laiz, lais	laide	lait
	Oblique	lait	laide	lait
Plural	Subject	lait	laides	lait
	Oblique	laits, laiz, lais	laides	lait

Descendants

• French: laid
• Italian: laido (borrowed)

Noun

lait m (nominative singular laiz)

1. ugliness

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English light

Noun

lait

1. light
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:3 (translation here):

     Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.

Adjective

lait

1. bright
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:24 (translation here):

     God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

Related terms

• tulait

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