Laos

See also: laos and LAOS

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Laos, plural of Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ(s)/, /ˈlɑːoʊ(s)/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

Laos

2. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Related terms

• Lao
• Laotian

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

• Albanian: Laos
• Amharic: ላዎስ (lawos)
• Arabic: لَاوْس f (lāws), لَاوُس f (lāwos)
• Armenian: Լաոս (hy) (Laos)
• Assamese: লাউচ (laus)
• Azerbaijani: Laos (az)
• Bashkir: Лаос (Laos)
• Belarusian: Лао́с m (Laós)
• Bengali: লাওস (laōs)
• Breton: Laos
• Bulgarian: Лао́с (bg) m (Laós)
• Burmese: လာအို (laui)
• Catalan: Laos (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老撾／老挝 (zh) (Lǎowō), 老挝 (zh) (Lǎowō), 寮國／寮国 (zh) (Liáoguó), 寮国 (zh) (Liáoguó) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Laos (cs) m
• Danish: Laos
• Dhivehi: ލާއޯސް (lāōs)
• Dutch: Laos (nl) n
• Esperanto: Laoso (eo)
• Estonian: Laos (et)
• Faroese: Laos n
• Finnish: Laos (fi)
• French: Laos (fr) m
• Georgian: ლაოსი (ka) (laosi)
• German: Laos (de) n
• Greek: Λάος (el) n (Láos)
• Hausa: Laos
• Hebrew: לָאוֹס (laos)
• Hindi: लाओस (hi) (lāos)
• Hungarian: Laosz (hu)
• Icelandic: Laos (is) n
• Ido: Laos (io)
• Indonesian: Laos (id)
• Interlingua: Laos
• Irish: Laos m
• Italian: Laos (it) m
• Japanese: ラオス (ja) (Raosu)
• Kazakh: Лаос (Laos)
• Khmer: លាវ (km) (liəw), ឡាវ (km) (laaw)
• Korean: 라오스 (Raoseu)
• Kyrgyz: Лаос (ky) (Laos)
• Lao: ລາວ (lo) (lāo), ເມືອງລາວ (mư̄anglāo), ປະເທດລາວ (pa thētlāo)
• Latvian: Laosa (lv) f
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• Lithuanian: Laosas (lt) m
• Lü: ᦟᦱᧁ (laaw)
• Macedonian: Лаос (mk) m (Laos)
• Malay: Laos (ms)
• Maltese: Laos (mt)
• Maori: Rāoho (mi)
• Mongolian: Лаос (mn) (Laos)
• Navajo: Lááʼos
• Nepali: लाओस (lāos)
• Norman: Laos m
• Norwegian: Laos (no)
• Pashto: لاووس
• Persian: لائوس (fa) (lâ'os)
• Polish: Laos (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Laos (pt)
• Romanian: Laos (ro) n
• Russian: Лао́с (ru) m (Laós)
• Santali: ᱞᱟᱣᱚᱥ (lavôs)
• Scots: Laos
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ла̏ос m

  Roman: Lȁos m

• Sinhalese: ලාඕසය (lāōsaya)
• Slovak: Laos (sk) m
• Slovene: Laos (sl) m
• Spanish: Laos (es)
• Swahili: Laos
• Swedish: Laos (sv)
• Tagalog: Laos (tl)
• Tajik: Лаос (tg) (Laos)
• Telugu: లావోస్ (te) (lāvōs)
• Tetum: Laos
• Thai: ลาว (th) (laao), ประเทศลาว (bprà-têet laao), เมืองลาว (mʉʉang laao)
• Tibetan: ལའོ་སུ (la'o su)
• Turkish: Laos (tr)
• Turkmen: Laos
• Ukrainian: Лао́с (uk) m (Laós)
• Urdu: لاؤس (lāos)
• Uyghur: لائوس (la'os)
• Uzbek: Laos (uz)
• Vietnamese: Lào (vi), nước Lào
• White Hmong: Teb chaws Nplog
• Yiddish: לאַאָס (laos)
• Yoruba: Laosi
• Zhuang: Laujvoh

See also

• Vientiane
• Appendix:Countries of the world

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊz/

Noun

Laos

1. plural of Lao

Anagrams

• ASLO, LOAs, Loas, Salo, also, loas, salo, soal, sola

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Czech

Proper noun

1. Laos

Related terms

• laoský
• Laosan

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Laos n

1. Laos

Related terms

• Laotiaan
• Laotiaans

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Faroese

Etymology

From French Laos, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Proper noun

Laos n

1. Laos

Related terms

• laotiskur

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑos

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Laos (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Laos	—
genitive		Laosin	—
partitive		Laosia	—
illative		Laosiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Laos	—
accusative	nom.	Laos	—
	gen.	Laosin
genitive		Laosin	—
partitive		Laosia	—
inessive		Laosissa	—
elative		Laosista	—
illative		Laosiin	—
adessive		Laosilla	—
ablative		Laosilta	—
allative		Laosille	—
essive		Laosina	—
translative		Laosiksi	—
abessive		Laositta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Laos (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Laosini — accusative nom. Laosini — gen. Laosini genitive Laosini — partitive Laosiani — inessive Laosissani — elative Laosistani — illative Laosiini — adessive Laosillani — ablative Laosiltani — allative Laosilleni — essive Laosinani — translative Laosikseni — abessive Laosittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Laosisi — accusative nom. Laosisi — gen. Laosisi genitive Laosisi — partitive Laosiasi — inessive Laosissasi — elative Laosistasi — illative Laosiisi — adessive Laosillasi — ablative Laosiltasi — allative Laosillesi — essive Laosinasi — translative Laosiksesi — abessive Laosittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Laosimme — accusative nom. Laosimme — gen. Laosimme genitive Laosimme — partitive Laosiamme — inessive Laosissamme — elative Laosistamme — illative Laosiimme — adessive Laosillamme — ablative Laosiltamme — allative Laosillemme — essive Laosinamme — translative Laosiksemme — abessive Laosittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Laosinne — accusative nom. Laosinne — gen. Laosinne genitive Laosinne — partitive Laosianne — inessive Laosissanne — elative Laosistanne — illative Laosiinne — adessive Laosillanne — ablative Laosiltanne — allative Laosillenne — essive Laosinanne — translative Laosiksenne — abessive Laosittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Laosinsa — accusative nom. Laosinsa — gen. Laosinsa genitive Laosinsa — partitive Laosiaan Laosiansa — inessive Laosissaan Laosissansa — elative Laosistaan Laosistansa — illative Laosiinsa — adessive Laosillaan Laosillansa — ablative Laosiltaan Laosiltansa — allative Laosilleen Laosillensa — essive Laosinaan Laosinansa — translative Laosikseen Laosiksensa — abessive Laosittaan Laosittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• laosilainen

See also

• lao

Anagrams

• Salo, olas, salo, sola

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French

Etymology

Originally the plural of Lao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ɔs/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos

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German

Proper noun

Laos n (genitive Laos’)

1. Laos

Derived terms

• Laote
• Laotin
• laotisch

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from French Laos, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Proper noun

Laos m (genitive Laos)

1. Laos

Derived terms

• Laosach (“Laotian”, adjective)
• Laosach m (“Laotian”, noun)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Laos	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Laos”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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Italian

Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos

Derived terms

• laotiano

Anagrams

• salo, salò
• sola

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos

Related terms

• lao
• laot
• laotisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos

Related terms

• lao
• laot
• laotisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɔs/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosu
dative	Laosowi
accusative	Laos
instrumental	Laosem
locative	Laosie
vocative	Laosie

Derived terms

• (nouns) Laotańczyk m, Laotanka f
• (adjective) laotański

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Laos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaws/

Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in southeast Asia)

Related terms

• laosiano
• lao

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâos/
• Hyphenation: La‧os

Proper noun

Lȁos m (Cyrillic spelling Ла̏ос)

1. Laos

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosa
dative	Laosu
accusative	Laos
vocative	Laose
locative	Laosu
instrumental	Laosom

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaos/ [ˈla.os]

Proper noun

Laos ?

1. Laos

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Swedish

Proper noun

Laos n (genitive Laos)

1. Laos

Anagrams

• sola

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Tagalog

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos

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Turkish

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos