laic

See also: làic and laïc

English

Alternative forms

• laick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French laïque, from Latin laĭcus (“common people”), from Ancient Greek λαός (laós). Doublet of lay.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ.ɪk/

  Rhymes: -eɪɪk

Noun

laic (plural laics)

1. A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

Related terms

• lay
• layman
• layperson
• laywoman
• laical
• laity

Adjective

laic (comparative more laic, superlative most laic)

1. Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica

     And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.

Anagrams

• -ical, Alic, Cail, Cali, Laci

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin laicus, from Ancient Greek λαός (laós). Doublet of llec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈlajk]

Adjective

laic (feminine laica, masculine plural laics, feminine plural laiques)

1. laic, secular

Noun

laic m (plural laics, feminine laica)

1. layperson

Further reading

• “laic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “laic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “laic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “laic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rajH (“sharp”). Cognate with White Hmong zuag.

Adjective

laic 

1. sharp

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French laïque, from Latin laicus.

Adjective

laic m or n (feminine singular laică, masculine plural laici, feminine and neuter plural laice)

1. secular

Declension

Declension of laic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	laic		laică	laici	laice
	definite	laicul		laica	laicii	laicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	laic		laice	laici	laice
	definite	laicului		laicei	laicilor	laicelor