different between lap vs lac

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with Dutch lap (“cloth; rag”), German Lappen (“cloth; lobe; flap”), Icelandic leppur (“rag; patch”).

Noun

lap (plural laps)

1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered
4. (figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering
5. The upper legs of a seated person.

6. (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda. [17th century]
7. (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

lap (third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped)

1. (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

   • Her garment spreads, and laps him in the fold.

2. (transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
   • a. 1839, Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Gog

     to lap his head on lady's breast

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap, fold up”) (from Germanic). Doublet of wrap. Also related to envelop, develop.

The sense of "to get a lap ahead (of someone) on a track" is from 1847, on notion of "overlapping." The noun meaning "a turn around a track" (1861) is from this sense.

Verb

lap (third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped)

1. (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.

2. (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up

   • About the paper […] I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk.

3. (transitive) to envelop, enfold

4. (intransitive) to wind around
5. (transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.

6. (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
7. (intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
   • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musaeum Regalis Societatis

     The upper wings are opacous […] ; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly.

8. (transitive, sports, motor racing) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
9. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

lap (plural laps)

1. The act or process of lapping.
2. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.

3. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping.

4. The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below).
5. (sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool
6. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; — so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
7. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
8. A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis.

Derived terms

• lap of honor/lap of honour

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English lappen, from Old English lapian, from Proto-Germanic *lap?n?, *lapjan? (“to lick; lap”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *leh?b- (“to lap, lick”); akin to Old High German laffen (“to lick”), Old Norse lepja, Danish labe, Old Saxon lepil, German Löffel (“spoon”). Cognate with Latin lambere (“lick”). French lamper is a loanword from German. Compare Danish leffe, dialect German läffeln.

Verb

lap (third-person singular simple present laps, present participle lapping, simple past and past participle lapped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises

     The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily […] as they run along the shore.

2. (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Passing of Arthur

     I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

lap (countable and uncountable, plural laps)

1. The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue.
   • 1955, Ann Haven Morgan, Kinships of Animals and Man: A Textbook of Animal Biology (page 176)

     With each lap of its tongue a cat gathers up milk and throws it well back into the gateway of its throat […]

2. (obsolete, slang, uncountable) Liquor; alcoholic drink.

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Further reading

• “laper” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Bratchet, A. (1873) , “laper”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.

Etymology 4

Noun

lap (plural laps)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparoscopy.

Adjective

lap (not comparable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of laparoscopic.

Anagrams

• ALP, APL, LPA, PAL, PLA, Pal, Pla, alp, pal

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lap, from Middle Dutch lap, from Old Dutch lap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lap/

Noun

lap (plural lappe, diminutive lappie)

1. A patch, a rag, a piece of cloth.
2. A plot, a tract (of ground).

Derived terms

• lappieskombers

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lapa. An onomatopoeic cognate to Greek ????? (lápto, “to lick”), Lithuanian lapth (“to swallow greedily”), Proto-Slavic *lopati (“to eat greedily”), and the like.

Verb

lap (first-person singular past tense lapa)

1. to slurp, lap up

Derived terms

• lëpij
• lëpis

References

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Middle Mongolian ??? (lab). Compare Mongolian ??? (lav, “clearly, actually, surely, evidently”).

Adverb

lap

1. even (emphasizing a comparative or superlative)

2. very
3. downright, right, immediately, directly used to emphasize the following phrase

Usage notes

Determiner

lap

1. very (the same; identical) (especially when used with h?min)

References

Further reading

• “lap” in Obastan.com.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?p/
• Hyphenation: lap
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lap, lappe, from Old Dutch lap, from Proto-Germanic *lappa-, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with German Lappen.

Noun

lap m (plural lappen, diminutive lapje n)

1. A rag, a piece of cloth.
2. A patch, a piece of cloth.
3. A slice of meat.
4. A plot, a tract (of ground).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lap
• Indonesian: lap
• Papiamentu: lapi

See also

• (rag): vod

References

Etymology 2

Probably from sense 1, which dialectically meant "blow, strike" and evolved into "stupidity." Or, possibly from an original sense of "lap up," referring to sloppy children, for which see English lap.

Noun

lap m (plural lappen, diminutive lapje n)

1. (obsolete, except in compounds) A bloke, dude, bum; especially a drunk or objectionable one.

Derived terms

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010) , “lap2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

lap

1. (chiefly Belgium) exclamation of dismay, disappointment

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lap

1. first-person singular present indicative of lappen
2. imperative of lappen

Anagrams

• pal

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *lapp? (“flat surface”), either directly or as a back-formation from lapos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?p]
• Hyphenation: lap
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

lap (plural lapok)

1. sheet (thin, flat piece of any solid material)
2. sheet (piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, printing or other uses)
3. (proscribed, archaic) page (one side of a written or printed paper sheet)
4. newspaper, magazine, periodical (publication issued regularly)
5. greeting card, postcard (decorated card made of thick paper that is sent or given to someone)
6. playing card (one piece out of a pack of cards used to play games)
7. (computing) tab (virtual space of a window where one of many simultaneously opened documents is displayed)
8. (geometry) face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron)

   Synonym: (a less technical term in this sense) oldal
9. (in the possessive) top (the flat, horizontal surface of a table or desk)
10. (in the possessive) flat (flat side of something, as opposed to the edge)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• lap in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lap?]
• Hyphenation: lap

Etymology 1

From Dutch lap, from Middle Dutch lap, lappe, from Old Dutch lap, from Proto-Germanic *lappa-, *lappô (“rag, cloth”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Noun

lap (plural lap-lap, first-person possessive lapku, second-person possessive lapmu, third-person possessive lapnya)

1. a rag, a piece of cloth.

Etymology 2

From English lap, from Middle English lappen (“to fold, wrap”) from earlier wlappen (“to fold, wrap”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian (“to wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wlapp-, *wrapp- (“to wrap, fold, roll up, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”)

Noun

lap (plural lap-lap, first-person possessive lapku, second-person possessive lapmu, third-person possessive lapnya)

1. lap:
   1. one circuit around a race track, or

      Synonym: putaran

   2. one traversal down and then back the length of a pool

Further reading

• “lap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German loup, from Old High German loup, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laub? (“leaf”). Cognate with German Laub, English leaf.

Noun

lap n

1. leaf

References

• “lap” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Phalura

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lap/

Adverb

lap (Perso-Arabic spelling ??)

1. quickly
2. soon

Alternative forms

• lab

References

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?^[12], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English laugh.

Noun

lap

1. laughter

Verb

lap

1. to laugh

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese laca, from Persian ???? (l?k), from Hindi ??? (l?kh)/Urdu ????? (l?kh), from Sanskrit ?????? (l?k??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læk/

Noun

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lac (plural lacs)

1. Alternative spelling of lakh

Etymology 3

From Cadillac.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /læk/

Noun

lac (plural lacs)

1. (slang) Short for Cadillac.
   • 1992, Big Mello, Bone Hard Zaggin, Rap-A-Lot Records, track 5. "Mac's Drive 'Lac's"

     Macs drive lacs.

Synonyms

• (Cadillac): caddie, caddy

Etymology 4

From laceration.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /læs/

Noun

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Laceration.

   hand lac

Anagrams

• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac

1. lake

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac m

1. lake

French

Etymology

From Old French lac, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Homophones: lacs, laque, laquent, laques

Noun

lac m (plural lacs)

1. lake

Derived terms

• Grands Lacs

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ACL

K'iche'

Noun

lac

1. (Classical K'iche') plate

Latin

Alternative forms

• lacte
• lact

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dlakts, from Proto-Indo-European *?lákt n (gen. *?laktós) (compare Ancient Greek ???? (gála, “milk”), Old Armenian ???? (kat?n), Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”), Waigali z?r (“milk”), Hittite [script needed] (galaktar, “balm, resin”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lak/, [??äk]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lak/, [l?k]

Noun

lac n sg (genitive lactis); third declension

1. milk

2. for something sweet, pleasant

3. milky juice
   • c. 1st century BCE, Anonymous (formerly misattributed to Ovid), Nux

     Lamina mollis adhuc tenero dum lacte, quod intro est,
     nec mala sunt ulli nostra futura bono.

     As their nutshell still remains soft with something tenderly milky inside,
     my future fruits are not good to anyone.

4. (poetic) milk-white color

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

Derived terms

• ? lacte c?n?sque (“from the cradle, from infancy”)
• lac pressum (“cheese”)
• tam similem, quam lactis (“as like as one egg is to another”)
• qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet (“of tender age”)

Descendants

References

• lac in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lac in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lac in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French lac, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac m (plural lacs)

1. (Jersey, geography) lake

Old English

Alternative forms

• læc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laik?, from *laiko- (“play”), compare *laikan?. Cognates include Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”), Swedish leka (“to play”)), Gothic ???????????????????? (laiks, “dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??k/

Noun

l?c n or f

1. play, sport
2. battle, strife
3. gift, offering, sacrifice, booty; message

Declension

when neuter

when feminine

Derived terms

• heaþol?c

Related terms

• -l?c
• l?can
• l??an

Descendants

• Middle English: lake, lak, lac
  • English: lake (dialectal)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac m (oblique plural las, nominative singular las, nominative plural lac)

1. lake

Descendants

• French: lac
• Norman: lac (Jersey)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh?g-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?a?/

Adjective

lac

1. weak, feeble
2. (hair) soft, smooth

Derived terms

• lacaid
• lacatus

Descendants

• Irish: lag
• Manx: lag
• Scottish Gaelic: lag

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). 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

Declension

Derived terms

• l?cos

Romansch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

lac m

1. paint

Synonyms

• vernisch (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader), verneisch (Surmiran)

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• laj
• laz

Etymology

Compare Middle Armenian ??? (la?).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Zazaki) IPA^(key): [?l?dz]
• (Southern Zazaki) IPA^(key): [?l?d?]
• Hyphenation: lac

Noun

lac m

1. son

2. boy

References