different between laps vs lags

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?ps, IPA^(key): /læps/
• Homophones: lapse, Lapps
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

laps

1. plural of lap

Verb

laps

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

Anagrams

• ALPs, APLS, APLs, ASPL, Alps, PALS, PALs, PLAs, Pals, Plas, SPLA, alps, pals, salp, slap

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin lapis.

Noun

laps m (indefinite plural lapsa, definite singular lapsi, definite plural lapsat)

1. pencil

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *lapitja, close to Greek ??????? (laparós, “weak”), ?????? (lapázo, “to weaken”).

Verb

laps (first-person singular past tense lapsa, participle lapsur)

1. to wear out, tire

Etymology 3

From Proto-Albanian *laubitja, from Proto-Indo-European *lewb?-, related to Lasgerdi ??????? (lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *l'ubiti (“to love”). Ultimately a doublet of lyp.

Verb

laps (first-person singular past tense lapsa, participle lapsur)

1. to wish, want

References

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laps/, [l?b?s]

Noun

laps c (singular definite lapsen, plural indefinite lapse)

1. fop, dandy (a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
2. a shabby man [from 1990]

Inflection

Derived terms

• lapset ("foppish", "shabby")

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognate with Finnish lapsi.

Noun

laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)

1. child
2. someone's child

Declension

Derived terms

• lapsik
• esiklaps
• lastehaigla

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laps/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lapsus (“fall”). Doublet of lapsus.

Noun

laps m (plural laps)

1. lapse

Derived terms

• laps de temps

Etymology 2

From Latin lapsus (“fallen”)

Adjective

laps (invariable)

1. (archaic) apostate of Catholicism

Derived terms

• laps et relaps

Further reading

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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?z

Noun

lags

1. plural of lag

Verb

lags

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

Anagrams

• GALS, gals, slag

Danish

Noun

lags n

1. indefinite genitive singular of lag
2. indefinite genitive plural of lag

Icelandic

Noun

lags

1. indefinite genitive singular of lag

Swedish

Noun

lags

1. indefinite genitive singular of lag
2. indefinite genitive plural of lag

Usage notes

• In the expression vara någon till lags, this is a genitive controlled by the preposition till (“to”)

Anagrams

• algs, glas, slag