laico
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lāicus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ko/[1]
- Rhymes: -ajko
- Hyphenation: lài‧co
Adjective
laico (feminine laica, masculine plural laici, feminine plural laiche)
- lay
- secular
Derived terms
- laicamente
- laicismo
- laicizzare
Noun
laico m (plural laici, feminine laica)
- layman
- lay brother
References
- laico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
- laico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- laico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
- colai, locai, loica
Latin
Adjective
lāicō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lāicus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lāicus (“lay; unconsecrated”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of the inherited leigo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ku/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ko/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ko]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ku/
- Hyphenation: lai‧co
Noun
laico m (plural laicos)
- layman (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Adjective
laico (feminine laica, masculine plural laicos, feminine plural laicas, not comparable)
- lay (not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them)
- Synonyms: laical, leigo
- non-religious (having no relation with religion)
- Synonyms: leigo, profano, secular, temporal
- Antonym: religioso
- secular (not bound by the vows of a monastic order)
- Synonyms: laical, secular
- Antonyms: clerical, eclesiástico
Related terms
- laical
- laicalismo
- laicidade
- laicismo
- laicização
- laicizar
- leigo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lāicus (“lay; unconsecrated”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of lego.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaiko/ [ˈlai̯.ko]
- Rhymes: -aiko
- Syllabification: lai‧co
Adjective
laico (feminine laica, masculine plural laicos, feminine plural laicas)
- lay, secular
Noun
laico m (plural laicos)
- layman
Further reading
- “laico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014