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Meaning of "laic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAIC

From Late Latin lāicuslay³.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LAIC

laic  [ˈleɪɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LAIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of laic in the English dictionary

The definition of laic in the dictionary is of or involving the laity; secular.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAIC


algebraic
ˌældʒɪˈbreɪɪk
allogeneic
ˈælədʒəˌneɪɪk
Altaic
ælˈteɪɪk
apotropaic
ˌæpəʊtrəˈpeɪɪk
Aramaic
ˌærəˈmeɪɪk
archaic
ɑːˈkeɪɪk
deltaic
delˈteɪɪk
faradaic
ˌfærəˈdeɪɪk
formulaic
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪɪk
Hebraic
hɪˈbreɪɪk
Judaic
dʒuːˈdeɪɪk
maleic
məˈleɪɪk
mosaic
məˈzeɪɪk
Pharisaic
ˌfærɪˈseɪɪk
photomosaic
ˌfəʊtəʊməˈzeɪɪk
photovoltaic
ˌfəʊtəʊvɒlˈteɪɪk
prosaic
prəʊˈzeɪɪk
Ptolemaic
ˌtɒlɪˈmeɪɪk
voltaic
vɒlˈteɪɪk
xenogeneic
ˌzɛnəʊdʒɪˈneɪɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAIC

laical
laically
laich
laicisation
laicise
laicism
laicity
laicization
laicize
laid
laid paper
laid up
laid-back
laidly
laigh
laik
laika
laiker

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAIC

Alcaic
Biblical Aramaic
Chaldaic
choleraic
craic
Cyrenaic
dispondaic
Eddaic
mesaraic
Mishnaic
paradisaic
premosaic
Romaic
saic
Sinaic
spondaic
stanzaic
stenopaic
trochaic
Ural-Altaic

Synonyms and antonyms of laic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «laic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAIC

Find out the translation of laic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of laic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «laic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凡人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

laica
570 millions of speakers

English

laic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुनियावी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

علماني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

светский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

laico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইহলৌকিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laïque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Laic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

laic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Laic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người bên lương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

laic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाइक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

laik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świeckim
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

світський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

laic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λαϊκός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laische
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

laic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAIC»

The term «laic» is normally little used and occupies the 111.076 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «laic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «laic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAIC»

Discover the use of laic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Directory of the Living Graduates of Yale University
John R. Powelson, 112 Garden st., Hartford, Conn. [Law] Edward J. Quinlan (B.A. 1907), 41 Brookside drive, Greenwich, Conn. [Laic] James J. Ragan, 574 Peachtree st., Atlanta, Ga. [Laic] H. Ralph Ringe, 929 Chestnut st., Philadelphia, Pa.
Yale University, 1912
2
International Harmonization of Competition Laws
The LAIC specifically mentions "bribery." It is unclear whether this term means bribing government officials or their equivalents as well. In any event, the fact that state-owned companies are prevalent, government officials hold party positions,  ...
Jiarui Cheng, Chia-Jui Cheng, Lawrence S. Liu, 1995
3
Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year ...
Statutes Concerning Public Health, Foods and Drugs, Weights and Measures, Enforced by the State Board of Health Health Law, approved 1881. Amended 18! U, and 1901). Vital Statistics Laic, approved 1!)13. Amended 1917. Quarantine ...
‎1918
4
The Role of Economic Analysis in the EC Competition Rules
cost (AVC), average avoidable cost (AAC), long-run average incremental cost ( LAIC) and average total cost (ATC). In the case of multi-product companies it may be difficult to calculate ATC because of certain common costs, which are fixed ...
Doris Hildebrand, 2009
5
Artificial Intelligence Applications to Traffic Engineering
Grenoble, France. Also Technical Report LAIC-IDA-90-TR19. J. Malec, (1991b), Passing an intersection, or automata theory is still useful. In Brian Mayoh, editor, Proc. of the Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence - 91, 258-265.
Maurizio Bielli, Giorgio Ambrosino, Marco Boero, 1994
6
On Liturgical Asceticism
7 The laic can learn lessons of liturgical asceticism from monastic asceticism if those lessons are transposed from the key in which they were heard in the desert to a key in which they can be sung in the city. The monk doesn't do something the  ...
David W. Fagerberg, 2013
7
Multiplication: Unlock the Biblical Factors to Multiply Your ...
... Church Ministry Juvenile and Prison Ministry King of Kings University Korean Ministry LAIC Band LAIC Book Store LAIC Chaplain LAIC Flower Shop LAIC Praise &Worship Team LAIC Prayer Tower Ministry LAIC Singers LAIC Youth Ministry ...
Tommy Barnett, 2002
8
Mineral Deposits at the Beginning of the 21st Century
3 THE LASSING TALC DEPOSIT The laic deposit consists of generally steeply NNE- dipping lilhologies of ihe Veitsch nappe, which form melres lo tens of metres Ihick lenses generally with faull contacls. No regularity in the sequence of  ...
A. Piestrzynski, 2001
9
The Kingdom in the Republic
In a secular society, the public institutions obey the secular principle; in a laic society not only the institutions obey to the secular principle but all citizens have to adopt the laic ideology as their lifestyle: not only the state but the whole Republic ...
Lucie Bardiau-Huys, 2006
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Making Sense of the Secular: Critical Perspectives from ...
The separation of the public sphere from the private sphere pertaining to religious belief and the acknowledgment that they follow different sets of rules and must not interfere are considered to be components of a laic/laicist behaviour . Human ...
Ranjan Ghosh, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leur silence en dit long...
... sa condamnation de Coutances était la résultante avant tout du choc de deux mondes, "le monde laic" d'un côté et le "monde des croyants" ... «AgoraVox, Jul 15»
2
KKF Remembers the Colonisation of Kampuchea Krom by Viet Nam …
This ceremony also aimed at honouring the memory of the monks and laic heroes who have sacrificed their lives for Kampuchea-Krom. «UNPO, Jun 15»
3
Academic Gözaydın: new Parliament should be able to work to …
The Diyanet is a secular/laic administrative unit that was established in 1924 to execute services regarding Islamic faith and practices, ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
4
ATTENTION, POLAND IS WAKING UP!
'Rights for upbringing through sexualisation of children are being grabbed, starting with the nursery because these are indications of laic international ... «Sunday - Catholic Weekly, Jun 15»
5
The AKP's election promise: Presidentialism a la Turca
Thus, the regime change will provide the AKP the means to finalize its revolution or restoration of its system against the Kemalist-laic status quo ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
6
Turkey: in pursuit of peace, but what about justice?
... a “Kemalist” ideology (after Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk) which sanctified a Turkish, nationalist, assimilationist, unitary, laic state. «Equal Times, Jun 15»
7
Intra-party conflict if CHP loses elections, experts say
Indicating that although the party had a change with the liquidation of Kemalist and pro-laic members following the replacement of the ... «Daily Sabah, May 15»
8
[Image via Wikimedia Commons]
As Jules Ferry said, a laic teacher was not meant to say anything which might shock a religious head of family. What's different today is the ... «Jadaliyya, May 15»
9
1st-place Manteca mauls Mustangs
Laic Beugre gave Sierra a huge lift at No. 2 singles, coming back to defeat Ondrej Noga, 0-6, 6-0, 6-1. Lathrop's Chris Consul won the No. «Manteca Bulletin, Apr 15»
10
The Terrorism Of Andreas Lubitz: Muslim vs. White Mass Murderers
... to with the far more cruel French Catholic and 'laic' monstrosities that have reached genocidal proportions across the globe,” Massad writes. «Mintpress News, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Laic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/laic>. May 2024 ».
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