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Etymology 1

Portuguese laca < Persian لاک (lāk) < Hindi लाख (lākh) < Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

Noun

lac (uncountable)

  1. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect.
Translations
a resinous substance
  • Arabic: لك (lukk, lakk) m.
  • Chinese: 桼 (qī)
  • Finnish: lakka fi(fi)
  • French: laque f.
  • German: Lack de(de) m.
  • Greek: ­­­­­λάκη (láki) f.
  • Hebrew: לכה (lakah) f.
  • Hungarian: lakk hu(hu)
  • Italian: lacca it(it) f.
  • Japanese: ラッカー (rakkā)
  • Kannada: ಅರಗು
  • Korean: 래커 (raekeo)
  • Persian: لاک (lāk)
  • Polish: lakier pl(pl) m.
  • Portuguese: laca pt(pt) f.
  • Russian: лак (lak) m.
  • Spanish: laca es(es) f.
  • Thai: ครั่ง (khrâng)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Urdu لاکھ; Hindustani लाख (lākh); Sanskrit लक्षं (lakṣaṇ)

Alternative spellings

Noun

lac

  1. One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India).
Translations
lakh — see lakh

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

Pronunciation

Noun

lac m. (plural lacs)

  1. lake

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative spellings

Noun

lac (genitive lactis); n, third declension

  1. milk
    Cum lacte nutricis. — With the nurse's milk.
  2. for something sweet, pleasant
    In melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita.
    Ut mentes ... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur.
  3. milky juice
    Lac herbae. — Milk of plants.
    cum lacte veneni. — with poisonous milk.
    Tenero dum lacte, quod intro est.
  4. (poetic) milk-white color
    • Candidus taurus ... una fuit labes; cetera lactis erant, Ov. A. A. 1, 290 .

Related terms

  • lactāneus
  • lactāris
  • lactārius
  • lactātum
  • lacteō
  • lacteolus
  • lactesco
  • lacteus
  • lacticīnium
  • lactifer

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *laikom from *laiko- ‘play’. Cognates include Old Norse leikr ( > Danish leg (“game”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lāc f. and n.

  1. play, sport
  2. battle, strife
  3. gift, offering, sacrifice, booty; message
    • Hie drihtne lac begen brohton.
      They both brought an offering to the Lord.

Declension

(when neuter)

Declension of lac
Singular Plural
nominative lāc lāc
accusative lāc lāc
genitive lāces lāca
dative lāce lācum

(when feminine)

Declension of lac
Singular Plural
nominative lāc lāca
accusative lāce lāca
genitive lāce lāca
dative lāce lācum

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, French lac, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

Noun

lac n. (plural lacuri)

  1. lake

 

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