lait
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editlait (third-person singular simple present laits, present participle laiting, simple past and past participle laited)
- (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?
- 1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect):
Derived terms
editSee also
editAnagrams
editChampenois
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlait m (plural laits)
- (Troyen, Langrois) milk
Derived terms
editReferences
editCimbrian
editNoun
editlait f
References
edit- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Finnish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯t/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯t̪]
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.it/, [ˈlɑ̝.it̪]
- Rhymes: -ɑit, -ɑ.it
- Hyphenation(key): lait, la‧it
Noun
editlait
- nominative plural of laki
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Occitan lach, lait.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /lɛ/, /le/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: lai, laid, laids, laie, laient, laies, lais, laits (general), lé, les, lés (e/ɛ-merger), legs (dated)
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
editlait m (countable and uncountable, plural laits)
- (uncountable) milk
- (countable, informal) an individual serving of milk
- (uncountable, slang) milk, semen
Derived terms
edit- café au lait
- chocolat au lait
- cochon de lait
- confiture de lait
- dent de lait
- fièvre de lait
- frère de lait
- lait de chaux
- lait de coco
- lait de poule
- lait d’âne
- lait écrémé
- lait en poudre
- lait entier
- lait végétal
- laitage
- laitance
- laiterie
- montée de lait
- petit-lait
- riz au lait
- soupe au lait
- surveiller comme le lait sur le feu
- thé au lait
- vache à lait
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “lait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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editMiddle English
editNoun
editlait
- Alternative form of leyt
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare French lait.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlait m (plural laits)
Derived terms
edit- lait bidoux (“milk on the turn”)
- lait cailli êputhé (“curd”)
- lait cailli (“curdled milk”)
- lait d'beurre (“buttermilk”)
- lait d'bronzage (“suntan lotion”)
- lait d'poule (“milkshake”)
- lait êcrémé (“skimmed milk”)
- lait su (“sour milk”)
- laitchi (“milk jug, milkman”)
- laiteux (“milky”)
- lait'tie (“dairy”)
- vaque à lait (“dairy cow”)
Occitan
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlait m (plural laits)
- Alternative form of lach
Old French
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.
Noun
editlait oblique singular, m (oblique plural laiz or laitz, nominative singular laiz or laitz, nominative plural lait)
- milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editThought to be of Germanic origin; see Modern French laid.
Adjective
editlait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laide)
Declension
editCase | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | subject | laits, laiz, lais | laide | lait |
oblique | lait | |||
plural | subject | lait | laides | |
oblique | laits, laiz, lais |
Descendants
edit- Middle French: laid
- French: laid
- Norman: laid (Jèrriais)
- Picard: léd (Athois), laizou (Ch'ti)
- Walloon: léd (Charleroi), laîd (Forrières), lêd (Liégeois)
- → Italian: laido
- → Old Spanish: laido
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: laido
- Galician: laido
- → Sicilian: làitu, ladiu
Noun
editlait oblique singular, m (nominative singular laiz or laitz)
Etymology 3
editSee laire
Verb
editlait
Sakizaya
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlait
Tagalog
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlaʔit/ [ˈlaː.ʔɪt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -aʔit
- Syllabification: la‧it
Noun
editlait (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜆ᜔)
- revilement; derision; vilification
- Synonyms: mura, pagmura, alimura, pag-alimura, pagdusta, pandurusta
- blasphemy
- Synonyms: paglapastangan, pagwawalang-pakundangan
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editTok Pisin
editEtymology
editNoun
editlait
Adjective
editlait
- 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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- en:Weather
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- roa-cha:Milk
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- cim:Landforms
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑit
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑit/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑ.it
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑ.it/2 syllables
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- fr:Milk
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/aʔit
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