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lait

See also: làit, läit, and Lait

English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
    • 1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect):
      By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um.
    • 1877, John Frances, quoting a girl from the moorlands of Yorkshire, Notes and queries, page 10:
      The other day I heard a girl hailing from the moorlands of Yorkshire remark that she had "laited a long time for the children, but could not find them," evidently meaning she had sought for them. Is this word common to Yorkshire?

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Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /lɛ/

Noun

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lait m (plural laits)

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) milk

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References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes

Cimbrian

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Noun

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lait f

  1. slope

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  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

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lait

  1. nominative plural of laki

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Occitan lach, lait.

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Noun

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lait m (countable and uncountable, plural laits)

  1. (uncountable) milk
  2. (countable, informal) an individual serving of milk
  3. (uncountable, slang) milk, semen

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Middle English

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Noun

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lait

  1. Alternative form of leyt

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare French lait.

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Noun

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lait m (plural laits)

  1. milk

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Occitan

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Noun

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lait m (plural laits)

  1. Alternative form of lach

Old French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (early) /lajt/, (later) /lɛjt/

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

Noun

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

  1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals)
Descendants
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  • French: lait ⇒ laiteron
    • Haitian Creole: lèt
  • Norman: lait
  • ⇒ Walloon: laecea

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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lait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laide)

  2. ugly
  3. horrific; awful; terrible
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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
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Noun

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lait oblique singular, m (nominative singular laiz or laitz)

  1. ugliness

Etymology 3

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See laire

Verb

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lait

  1. third-person singular present indicative of laire

Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /la.ˈit/, [la.ˈit]

Noun

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lait

  1. rope; cord

Tagalog

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Noun

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lait (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜆ᜔)

  1. revilement; derision; vilification
    Synonyms: mura, pagmura, alimura, pag-alimura, pagdusta, pandurusta
  2. blasphemy
    Synonyms: paglapastangan, pagwawalang-pakundangan

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English light.

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lait

  1. light

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lait

  1. bright
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:
      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.
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