laque

See also: Laque, laqué, laquê, and lâque

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlacə] (Aosta)

Noun

laque (plural laque) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. alternative form of lèc (“lake”)

References

• laque in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
• lac in Patois VdA: Le site du Francoprovençal en Vallée d'Aoste – on patoisvda.org

French

Etymology

From Middle French lache (“resinous material”), borrowed from Arabic لكّ (“lacquer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lak/

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Noun

laque f (plural laques)

1. lacquer

Verb

laque

1. inflection of laquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Hindi लाख (lākh)

Numeral

laque m

1. (India) lakh (one hundred thousand)

   Synonym: lacassá

Further reading

• “laque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

laque

1. inflection of lacar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative