different between laik vs laic

English

Etymology

From Old English l?c, from Proto-Germanic *laik? (“game, dance, hymn, sport, fight”). Cognates include Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”), Swedish leka (“to play”)), Gothic ???????????????????? (laiks, “dance”). Doublet of lek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?k/

Verb

laik (third-person singular simple present laiks, present participle laiking, simple past and past participle laiked)

1. (Britain, Northern, dialect) To play (in the sense opposed to work).

Anagrams

• Kail, Kali, Laki, Lika, ilka, kail, kali, kila

Czech

Noun

laik m

1. layman (non-cleric)
2. layman (non-professional)

Derived terms

• laický m

See also

• amatér m

Latvian

Noun

laik m

1. vocative singular of laiks

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English like.

Verb

laik

1. like

Polish

Etymology

From Latin laicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.ik/

Noun

laik m pers

1. layman (non-cleric)
2. layman (non-professional)

   Synonyms: amator, dyletant

Declension

Further reading

• laik in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• laik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ik/
• Hyphenation: la?ik

Noun

làik m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. layman (non-cleric)
2. layman (non-professional)

Declension

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English like

Noun

laik

1. wish, desire

Verb

laik

1. an auxiliary verb which indicates the immediate future tense
2. (infinitive) to be willing
3. like
4. want

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French laïque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.ic/

Adjective

laik (comparative daha laik, superlative en laik)

1. secular

Noun

laik (definite accusative lai?i, plural laikler)

1. secularist, laicist

See also

• laiklik
• laisizm

English

Alternative forms

• laick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French laïque, from Latin la?cus (“common people”), from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of lay.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?le?.?k/

  Rhymes: -e??k

Noun

laic (plural laics)

1. A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.

Adjective

laic (comparative more laic, superlative most laic)

1. Lay, relating to laypersons, as opposed to clerical.
   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica

     And in conclusion it reflects to the disrepute of our ministers ... [that] they should still be frequented with such an unprincipled, unedified and laic rabble, as that the whiff of every new pamphlet should stagger them out of their catechism and Christian walking.

Anagrams

• -ical, Cail, Cali, Laci

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin laicus, from Ancient Greek ???? (laós). Doublet of llec.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?lajk/

Adjective

laic (feminine laica, masculine plural laics, feminine plural laiques)

1. laic, secular

Noun

laic m (plural laics, feminine laica)

1. layperson

Further reading

• “laic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “laic” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “laic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “laic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rajH (“sharp”). Cognate with White Hmong zuag.

Adjective

laic 

1. sharp

Romanian

Etymology

From French laïque, from Latin laicus.

Adjective

laic m or n (feminine singular laic?, masculine plural laici, feminine and neuter plural laice)

1. secular

Declension