English

Noun

lait ‎(plural laits)

1. Lightning; flash of lightning; a flash.

Etymology 2

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 Icelandic leita ‎(“to search”), Swedish leta ‎(“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian ‎(“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

Alternative forms

• late

Verb

lait ‎(third-person singular simple present laits, present participle laiting, simple past and past participle laited)

1. (transitive, intransitive, Britain dialectal) To seek; search for; inquire.

Derived terms

• laitand

Finnish

Noun

lait

1. plural of laki

Anagrams

• Ilta, ilta
• liat
• tali
• tila

French

Etymology

From Latin lac, lactis. Compare Catalan llet, Esperanto lakto, Friulian lat, Interlingua lacte, Italian latte, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche, Walloon laecea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ/

Noun

lait m ‎(plural laits)

1. milk

Derived terms

Related terms

• lact-, lacto-
• lacté

Anagrams

• a-t-il
• liât

Norman

Etymology

From Latin lac, lactis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts ‎(“milk”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lait m ‎(plural laits)

1. milk

Derived terms

Occitan

Noun

lait m (plural laits)

1. Alternative form of lach

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin lactem, accusative singular of lac.

Noun

lait 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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

lait m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular laide)

1. ugly
2. horrific; awful; terrible

Declension

Descendants

• French: laid
• Italian: laido (borrowed)

Noun

lait m ‎(nominative singular laiz or laitz)

1. ugliness

Etymology 3

See laire

Verb

lait

1. third-person singular present indicative of laire

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin lac ‎(“milk”)

Noun

lait m

1. milk

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English light.

Noun

lait

1. light
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:3 (translation here):

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

Adjective

lait

1. bright
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:24 (translation here):

     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.

Related terms

• tulait