laico

From Latin laicus.

laico (feminine singular laica, masculine plural laici, feminine plural laiche)

1. lay
2. secular

laico m (plural laici) feminine laica

1. layman
2. lay brother

• colai
• locai

lāicō

1. dative masculine singular of lāicus
2. dative neuter singular of lāicus
3. ablative masculine singular of lāicus
4. ablative neuter singular of lāicus

Borrowed from Latin lāicus (“lay; unconsecrated”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Compare leigo, from Old Portuguese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.ku/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.ko/

laico m (plural laicos)

1. layman (someone who is not an ordained cleric)

laico m (feminine singular laica, masculine plural laicos, feminine plural laicas, not comparable)

1. lay (not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them)
2. non-religious (having no relation with religion)
3. secular (not bound by the vows of a monastic order)

• (lay): laical, leigo
• (non-religious): leigo, profano, secular, temporal
• (secular): laical, secular

• (non-religious): religioso
• (secular): clerical, eclesiástico

laico (feminine singular laica, masculine plural laicos, feminine plural laicas)

1. lay, secular

laico m (plural laicos)

1. layman