lak

lak (not comparable)

1. Eye dialect spelling of like, representing African American Vernacular English.

lak

1. Eye dialect spelling of like, representing African American Vernacular English.

• ALK, Kal., alk, alk-, alk., lka

From Proto-Albanian *lak-, from Proto-Indo-European *lh2k- (“twisted; twig, sprig (as a loop)”). Cognate to Latin lax (“bait, lure, noose, slip”), laqueus (“cord, rope (as noose, slip)”).

lak m

1. chain (trap for wild animals)
2. noose
3. snare
4. slip
5. knot

• lakth
• lajthi

• IPA^(key): /lak/
• Rhymes: -ak

lak m

1. lacquer

• lakovat
• lakýrník

• lak in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lak in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /lak/, [lɑɡ̊]

lak c or n (singular definite lakken or lakket, plural indefinite lakker, plural definite lakkerne)

1. lacquer

• IPA^(key): /lɑk/

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• Rhymes: -ɑk

First occurring in the late 16th century. Probably borrowed from French laque, ultimately from Persian لاک‎ (lāk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).

lak m or f or n (plural lakken, diminutive lakje n)

1. lacquer

• autolak
• lakken
• nagellak

lak m or n (uncountable)

1. foolery, foolishness, nonsense
   • 1859, "Wijsgeerig A. B. C.: H. Huisbaas", Humoristisch Album, H. Nijgh, page 59.

     […] Wie om reparatie malen / Heeft hij spoedig in zijn zak; / Zelf zal hij er niet naar talen -- / Wat hij toezegt is slechts lak; / Er is niets van hem te halen, / Zelfs al zat men zonder dak.

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2. indifference (only in lak hebben aan)

• lak hebben aan

From Middle Dutch lac.

lak m or n (plural lakken)

1. (dialectal) defect, deficiency, shortcoming, blame, blemish

• laken

From Middle Dutch lac.

lak n (plural lakken)

1. (archaic) lake

   Synonym: meer

• alk, kal

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lakka (“roof”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒk]

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• Hyphenation: lak

lak (plural lakok)

1. (poetic) dwelling
   • 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Távolból (From a Distance), poem lines 1–2

     Kis lak áll a nagy Duna mentében;

     Oh mi drága e lakocska nékem!

     A small house stands along the big Danube;

     Oh how dear this tiny house is to me!

   • 1872, Mór Jókai, Az arany ember, part 1, chapter 7:

     Timár a rejtett tanya felé irányozta lépteit. A virágoskerten keresztül már látszott valami út, mely a lakhoz vezet, csakhogy azt is úgy belepte a fű, hogy a rajta járó lépése nem okozott dobajt; egész nesztelenül juthatott el a kis verandáig.

See this reference site for the possessive declensions

• lakos

• IPA^(key): /laːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

lak n (genitive singular laks, nominative plural lök)

1. sheet, bedsheet

lak

1. first person singular past indicative of leka
2. third person singular past indicative of leka

   Vatnið lak úr vaskinum.

   The water leaked from the sink.

lak (plural lake)

1. tooth

• IPA^(key): /lak/

lak m inan

1. sealing wax
2. wallflower (Erysimum)
3. dental sealant

• lak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa)

lak

1. hundred thousand

From Proto-Slavic *lьgъkъ, from pre-Slavic *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /lâk/

lȁk (definite lȁkī, comparative lȁkšī, Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)

1. easy
2. light

• lȁgan

From German Lack, from Italian lacca.

• IPA^(key): /lâk/

lȁk m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏к)

1. lacquer

• (nail polish): lak za nokte

lak (plural laks)

1. lake

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

lak m (plural laks)

1. lake

• laetche