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Definition: Laic |
LaicAdjective1. Concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "laic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Synonyms: LaicSynonyms: lay (adj), secular (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Laic |
| English words defined with "laic": Laicality, lay ♦ secular. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Laic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (laic, lay, layman, profane, secular, worldly). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Laic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Laic" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
laic | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "laic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | laik (lay, layman, profane, secular, temporal). (various references) | |
Arabic | علماني (laity, lay, layman, secular, temporal, worldly), خاص بجمهور, العلماني (secularist). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | светско лице, светски (earthbound, earthly, fashionable, fleshly, lay, material, mundane, profane, secular, smart, social, society, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, unclerical, world, worldly), неспециалист, любител (addict, amateur, connoisseur, dilettante, fancier, ham, hound, lover, merchant, outsider). (various references) | |
Czech | laik (dilettante, layman, secular). (various references) | |
Farsi | وابسته بشخص دنیوی وغیرروحانی , غیرفنی (Unprofessional), عامی (Illiterate, Layman, Secular), شخص که علم خاصی رانداند. (various references) | |
French | laïque (lay, lay person, layman). (various references) | |
Greek | κοσμικόσ (cosmic, lay, mundane, secular, secularistic, temporal, worldly), λαϊκόσ (demotic, folksy, lay, layman, popular). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חלו י (lay, profane, secular, secularist, temporal, worldly), ""יוט (common folk, fool, ignoramus, lay, layman, plebeian). (various references) | |
Hungarian | laikus (lay, lay opinion, layman, laymen), világi személy, világi (carnal, laical, lay, secular, temporal, wordly, worldly). (various references) | |
Italian | laico (lay, layman, profanely, secular, worldly). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aiclay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | leigo (laical, lay, layman, outsider, profane, temporal), laico (layman, secular), lagoa (catchment basin, lagoon, lochan, mere, pond, pool), temporal (flaw, gale, gust, storm, tempest, temporal, whole gale, worldly), secular (archaic, centenary, laicize, lay, lay off, profane, secular, temporal, time worn, worldly). (various references) | |
Romanian | laic (lay, layman, profane, secular, worldly). (various references) | |
Russian | светское лицо, мирской (mundane, profane, worldly), мирянин (layman, laymen). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | laik (layman), laički, svetovnjak. (various references) | |
Spanish | laico, laica, laico (laical, lay, secular). (various references) | |
Swedish | lekmanna- (lay), världslig (earthly, fleshly, mundane, secular, worldly). (various references) | |
Thai | ที่เกี่ยวกับฆราวาส (laical), ฆราวาส (laical, layman). (various references) | |
Turkish | laik (civil, profane, secular, unclerical). (various references) | |
Ukranian | світська особа, світський (fashionable, genteel, laical, lay, mundane, profane, secular, social, terrestrial), мирський (human, laical, lay, profane, sublunar, sublunary, worldly), мирянин (layman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phi giáo hội (laid, lay), người thế tục, người không theo đạo, không theo đạo thế tục. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "laic": laical, laically, laich, laichs, laicise, laicised, laicises, laicising, laicism, laicisms, laicization, laicizations, laicize, laicized, laicizes, laicizing, laics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "laic": formulaic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "laic": formulaically, plaice, plaices. (additional references) | |
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"Laic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aic, aicc, alac, alec, alic, alik, aloc, alric, altic, gaic, haic, Lacw, lafis, lai, Laia, laib, laich, Laici, laicy, laif, laih, laik, Laim, lais, laiu, laiw, laix, laiy, laiz, lanc, larc, larics, lasc, lasic, Latc, latic, Lauck, laui, Lauko, Lawick, leci, leic, leik, lia, liax, lic, lica, licia, lific, limic, linic, litic, ljacic, ljacii, ljacil, Llais, Llica, lodic, loic, loik, loric, lotic, lpac, lraqi, lucic, luic, Luick, Luirc, lulic, luoc, luric, raic, waic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l" | |
-1 letter: ail, lac. | |
-2 letters: ai, al, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l" | |
+1 letter: alcid, aulic, calif, calix, cavil, cilia, claim, clavi, ileac, iliac, laich, laics, lilac, linac, malic, pical, plica, salic, tical. | |
+2 letters: abulic, acidly, aculei, aecial, alcaic, alcids, alnico, amylic, apical, archil, atelic, cagily, calami, calcic, calico, califs, caliph, calkin, camail, caplin, carlin, caroli, catlin, caulis, cavils, celiac, chimla, chiral, chital, cicala, cicale, citola, citral, claims, climax, clinal, clivia, coital, curial, eclair, epical, facial, facile, fecial, fiscal, gallic, garlic, glacis, heliac, inlace, italic, lacier, lacily, lacing, lactic, laical, laichs, lexica, lilacs, linacs, lochia, lorica, malice, oilcan, oxalic, placid, plaice, plicae, plical, racial, racily, rictal, scilla, sialic, silica, social, ticals, tincal, uncial, uracil. | |
+3 letters: aboulic, acclaim, acholia, acicula, aclinic, acridly, acrylic, actinal, acyclic, acyloin, afflict, albinic, albitic, alcaics, alcaide, alembic, alkalic, alkylic, allelic, allicin, allylic, alnicos, aloetic, ancilla, angelic, anglice, anticly, apicals, apiculi, aplitic, archils, article, asocial, auricle, bacilli, backlit, baldric, basilic, bifocal, cabildo, cabling, calathi, calcify, calcine, calcite, calcium, calculi, caliber, calibre, calices, caliche, calicle, calicos, calipee, caliper, caliphs, calking, calkins, calling, calming, caloric, calorie, calving, camails, cambial, camelia, campily, cannily, cannoli, capelin, capital, capitol, caplins, carinal, cariole, carline, carling, carlins, carlish, catlike, catling, catlins, cattail, cattily, cauline, caviled, caviler, cedilla, celiacs, celosia, cembali, chablis, chalcid, chalice, challie, challis, charily, charlie, chiliad, chimlas, chitals, chorial, cicalas, ciliary, ciliate, cingula, citable, citadel, citolas, citrals, cladist, claimed, claimer, claries, clarify, clarion, clarity, clarkia, classic, classis, clastic, clavier, clawing, clayier, claying, clayish, climate, clivias, coalbin, coalier, coalify, coaling, coalpit, coaxial, coeliac, comical, conical, cordial, cotidal, cranial, crazily, crissal, crucial, cubical, cubital, curtail, cynical, dactyli, decimal, declaim, decrial, deltaic, dialect, domical, eclairs, edictal, elastic, elegiac, encinal, ethical, exclaim, facials, fancily, fascial, faucial, fecials, finical, fiscals, flaccid, folacin, galenic, garlics, glacial, glacier, gracile, halakic, helical, icefall, incisal, inclasp, incudal, inlaced, inlaces, inocula, ischial, italics, jalapic, laciest, lacings, lacking, laconic, laicise, laicism, laicize, lancing, latices, lattice, lexical, limacon, lochial, logical, loricae, lunatic, lyrical, magical, malefic, malices, medical, melanic, metical, micella, mimical, miracle, miscall, mochila, musical, myalgic, mycelia, nodical, oilcamp, oilcans, optical, otalgic, panicle, peculia, pelagic, pelican, phallic, placing, placoid, plaices, plasmic, plastic, pliancy, plicate, psalmic, rachial, radical, radicel, radicle, railcar, recital, reclaim, replica, sacculi, saclike, salicin, sanicle, saucily, scaldic, scaleni, scalier, scaling, scarily, scholia, scillas, scribal, silicas, skaldic, socials, spacial, special, spicula, stoical, tacitly, tackily, tactile, talcing, thallic, tincals, topical, toxical, triclad, typical, uncials, uncinal, uracils, valeric, vatical, vesical, vicarly, vicinal, victual, vincula, vocalic, voltaic, wackily, wildcat. | |
+4 letters: abapical, acauline, acclaims, acervuli, acetylic, achenial, achillea, achingly, acholias, aciculae, acicular, aciculas, aciculum, acrolein, acrolith, acromial, acrylics, actively, acyloins, aecidial, afflicts, alacrity, albicore, alcaides, alchemic, alcidine, alembics, algicide, allergic, alliance, allicins, allspice, alnicoes, alogical, alopecia, alopecic, aluminic, amicable, amicably, anabolic, analcime, analcite, analogic, analytic, ancillae, ancillas, angelica, animalic, antalgic, anticold, anticult, antilock, apically, apiculus, aplastic, archival, articled, articles, athletic, atomical, atypical, auricled, auricles, auricula, avicular, bacillar, bacillus, backfill, backlist, backslid, baculine, baldrick, baldrics, balladic, balletic, balsamic, barbicel, basaltic, basilica, biacetyl, biblical, bicaudal, bifacial, bifocals, billycan, binnacle, biocidal, bioclean, biotical, biracial, birdcall, blackfin, blacking, blackish, brachial, braciola, braciole, breccial, bucktail, bulimiac, cabalism, cabalist, cabildos, cabrilla, cabriole, cackling, cacomixl, cageling, cajoling, caladium, calamari, calamine, calamint, calamite, calamity, calcanei, calcaria, calcific, calcined, calcines, calcites, calcitic, calciums, caldaria, calflike, calfskin, calibers, calibred, calibres, caliches, calicles, calicoes, califate, calipash, calipees, calipers, caliphal, calisaya, callings, calliope, callipee, calliper, calorics, calories, calorize, calquing, calvaria, calycine, calyculi, camailed, camelias, camellia, camisole, camomile, canaille, canaling, canalise, canalize, candidly, candling, canfield, cannibal, cannolis, canticle, capelins, capitals, capitols, capitula, capriole, capsidal, carbinol, carbolic, cardinal, carillon, carioles, carlines, carlings, carnival, caroling, carpalia, carriole, castling, catholic, catlings, cattails, caudillo, caulicle, caulking, cavalier, cavelike, cavilers, caviling, cavilled, caviller, cedillas, celeriac, celibacy, celibate, celosias, cephalic, cephalin, cervical, chalazia, chalcids, chaliced, chalices, chalkier, chalking, challies, chancily, chaplain, charlies, chattily, chemical, chiasmal, chiliads, chiliasm, chiliast, chivalry, chrismal, cilantro, ciliated, ciliates, cimbalom, cinnamyl, circular, cislunar, citadels, citeable, civilian, clacking, cladding, cladists, clagging, claimant, claimers, claiming, clammier, clammily, clamming, clamping, clanging, clanking, clannish, clapping, clarinet, clarions, clarkias, clashing, clasping, classico, classics, classier, classify, classily, classing, classism, classist, clastics, clavicle, claviers, clawlike, clayiest, claylike, cleaning, clearing, cleating, cleaving, clematis, clerical, cliental, climatal, climates, climatic, climaxed, climaxes, clinally, clinical, clitella, clitoral, cloaking, coalbins, coalfish, coaliest, coalpits, coattail, cobaltic, cocktail, coinable, coitally, colinear, collegia, colluvia, collyria, colonial, comitial, complain, conidial, conoidal, contrail, cordials, corrival, cortical, cosmical, coxalgia, coxalgic, craaling, crabbily, cradling, craftily, craggily, crankily, crawlier, crawling, creakily, creamily, criminal, critical, croakily, cubicula, cuboidal, culinary, cultivar, curtails, cuspidal, cuticula, cyclical, dactylic, dalmatic, daltonic, decidual, decimals, declaims, decrials, deicidal, deifical, delicacy, delicate, diabolic, diacetyl, diaconal, dialects, dialogic, dialytic, dicrotal, didactyl, disclaim, displace, ducktail, dulciana, dulcinea, duncical, ecclesia, ecdysial, ecocidal, elastics, elegiacs, enlacing, epically, epicalyx, epifocal, erotical, especial, ethicals, ethnical, exclaims, facelift, facially, facilely, facility, falchion, fanciful, farcical, fascicle, fiducial, filmcard, fireclay, fiscally, flacking, focalise, focalize, folacins, fornical, fucoidal, galactic, gallican, galvanic, garlicky, gestical, glaceing, glaciate, glaciers, glacises, glancing, gnomical, graciles, gracilis, guaiacol, hacklier, hackling, hairlock, haptical, hectical, heliacal, heraldic, heroical, iatrical, icefalls, iconical, inchmeal, inclasps, inimical, inlacing, irenical, ironclad, ironical, judicial, kaolinic, kickable, kickball, lacelike, lacertid, lacewing, laciness, laconism, lacrimal, lactonic, laically, laicised, laicises, laicisms, laicized, laicizes, laitance, lanciers, latching, latticed, lattices, leachier, leaching, lechayim, legacies, leucemia, limacine, limacons, literacy, localise, localism, localist, localite, locality, localize, locating, location, locative, logician, loricate, lubrical, lunacies, lunatics, mackling, maculing, maiolica, majolica, maledict, manciple, mandalic, maniacal, marlitic, medallic, medicals, melanics, melodica, meniscal, metallic, meticals, metrical, micellae, micellar, millcake, millrace, miracles, miscalls, misclaim, misclass, misplace, mochilas, mucilage, mucoidal, multicar, musicale, musicals, mycelial, mycelian, mystical, mythical, nautical, nudicaul, official, oilcamps, oligarch, orphical, outcavil, ovicidal, oviducal, pachalic, pachouli, palladic, panicled, panicles, parhelic, particle, pashalic, patchily, peculiar, pelicans, phthalic, physical, piacular, pickadil, picloram, pilchard, pinnacle, piscinal, placidly, placoids, plastics, platinic, platonic, plicated, poetical, pollical, prelatic, proclaim, publican, rachilla, racially, radicals, radicels, radicles, railcars, rancidly, recitals, reclaims, relacing, reliance, replicas, reticula, rocaille, rubrical, rustical, sacklike, salacity, salicine, salicins, salience, saliency, salvific, sanicles, santalic, scabbily, scablike, scalding, scaliest, scallion, scalping, scantily, scenical, scolioma, septical, silicate, silicula, silvical, slacking, slipcase, sociable, sociably, socially, societal, solacing, specials, spiculae, spicular, spiracle, statical, sterical, suicidal, sultanic, surgical, syllabic, sylvatic, syndical, tackling, tactical, taiglach, tailback, tailcoat, tailrace, talcking, talmudic, tantalic, teiglach, teocalli, thalamic, thetical, thinclad, tieclasp, tractile, tragical, triclads, trifocal, tropical, turrical, ultimacy, uncially, univocal, unlacing, unsocial, uralitic, uranylic, vaccinal, valencia, valiance, valiancy, vandalic, vanillic, vertical, vesicula, viatical, vicarial, victuals, villatic, visceral, vocalics, vocalise, vocalism, vocalist, vocality, vocalize, volcanic, vortical, vulcanic, wildcats, zodiacal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46677569 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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