laps

See also: läpš and laps'

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lăps, IPA^(key): /læps/
• Homophones: lapse, Lapps
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

laps

1. plural of lap

Verb

laps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lap

Anagrams

• ALPs, APLS, APLs, ASPL, Alps, PALS, PALs, Pals, Plas, SPLA, alps, pals, salp, slap

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin lapis.

Noun

laps m (plural lapsa, definite lapsi, definite plural lapsat)

1. pencil

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *lapitja, close to Greek λαπαρός (laparós, “weak”), λαπάζω (lapázo, “to weaken”).

Verb

laps (aorist lapsa, participle lapsur)

1. I wear out, tire

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *laubitja, related to Lasgerdi लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *l'ubiti (“to love”).

Verb

laps (aorist lapsa, participle lapsur)

1. I wish, want

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laps/, [lɑb̥s]

Noun

laps c (singular definite lapsen, plural indefinite lapse)

1. fop, dandy (a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
2. a shabby man [from 1990]

Inflection

Declension of laps

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	laps	lapsen	lapse	lapsene
genitive	laps'	lapsens	lapses	lapsenes

Derived terms

• lapset ("foppish", "shabby")

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Estonian

Etymology

From . Cognate with Finnish lapsi.

Noun

laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)

1. child
2. someone's child

Declension

Declension of laps

	singular (ainsus)	plural (mitmus)
nominative (nimetav)	laps	lapsed
genitive (omastav)	lapse	laste
partitive (osastav)	last	lapsi
illative (sisseütlev)	lapsesse	lastesse
inessive (seesütlev)	lapses	lastes
elative (seestütlev)	lapsest	lastest
allative (alaleütlev)	lapsele	lastele
adessive (alalütlev)	lapsel	lastel
ablative (alaltütlev)	lapselt	lastelt
translative (saav)	lapseks	lasteks
terminative (rajav)	lapseni	lasteni
essive (olev)	lapsena	lastena
abessive (ilmaütlev)	lapseta	lasteta
comitative (kaasaütlev)	lapsega	lastega

Derived terms

• lapsik
• esiklaps
• lastehaigla

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lap.sys/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lapsus (“fall”). Doublet of lapsus.

Noun

laps m (plural laps)

1. lapse

Derived terms

• laps de temps

Etymology 2

From Latin lapsus (“fallen”)

Adjective

laps (invariable)

1. (archaic) apostate of Catholicism

Derived terms

• laps et relaps

Further reading

• “laps”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.