lait

English

Alternative forms

• late

Etymology

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

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?

Derived terms

• laitand

See also

Anagrams

• ATLI, Ital, Ital., LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Ta-li, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, ital, ital., tail, tali

Cimbrian

Noun

lait f

1. slope

References

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

Finnish

Noun

lait

1. nominative plural of laki

Anagrams

• Ilta, ilta, lati, liat, tali, tila

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

lait

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ/, /le/

• (file)

• Homophones: lai, laid, laids, laie, laient, laies, lais, laits (general), lé, les, lés (e/ɛ-merger), legs (dated)
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

lait m (countable and uncountable, plural laits)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• lact-, lacto-
• lacté
• laiteux
• laitier
• laitue

Further reading

• “lait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• a-t-il
• liât

Middle English

Noun

lait

1. Alternative form of leyt

Norman

Norman Wikipedia has an article on:

lait

Wikipedia ^nrm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

  (file)

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

1. milk

Derived terms

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedocien)

  (file)

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

1. Alternative form of lach

Old French

Alternative forms

• leid, led

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

Noun

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

• French: lait ⇒ laiteron
  • Haitian Creole: lèt
• Norman: lait
• ⇒ Walloon: laecea

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

lait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laide)

2. ugly
3. horrific; awful; terrible

Declension

Descendants

• 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

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

1. ugliness

Etymology 3

See laire

Verb

lait

1. third-person singular present indicative of laire

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ˈit/,

Noun

lait

1. rope; cord

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔit/,
• Hyphenation: la‧it

Noun

lait (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜆ᜔)

1. revilement; derision; vilification

   Synonyms: mura, pagmura, alimura, pag-alimura, pagdusta, pandurusta

2. blasphemy

   Synonyms: paglapastangan, pagwawalang-pakundangan

Derived terms

Anagrams

• tali

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English light.

Noun

lait

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

     Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.

     →New International Version translation

Adjective

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.

     →New International Version translation

Related terms

• tulait