different between lacks vs lacis

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /læks/
• Homophone: lax
• Rhymes: -æks

Noun

lacks

1. plural of lack

Verb

lacks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lack

Anagrams

• Slack, calks, kcals, slack

Swedish

Noun

lacks

1. indefinite genitive singular of lack

English

Etymology

From French lacis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?lasi/

Noun

lacis (uncountable)

1. A type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 122:

     he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting […] veils of lacis worked in Hungary point […]

Anagrams

• Cails, Salic, Scali, laics

French

Etymology

From lacer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.si/

Noun

lacis m (plural lacis)

1. (archaic) lacis
2. (sports) lacing
3. maze (of alleyways etc.); web, network

Further reading

• “lacis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

lacis

1. second-person singular present active indicative of laci?