Laos

Laos

See also: laos and LAOS

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Laos, plural of Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ(s)/, /ˈlɑːoʊ(s)/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ
• Homophone: louse

Proper noun

Laos

1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

   Synonym: Laoland

Related terms

• Lao
• Laotian

Translations

country in Southeast Asia

Albanian: Laos m (indefinite), Laosi (sq) m (definite) Amharic: ላዎስ (lawos) Arabic: لَاوْس‎ f (lāws), لَاوُس‎ f (lāwos) Armenian: Լաոս (hy) (Laos) Assamese: লাউচ (laus) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܵܘܣ‎ f (laws) Azerbaijani: Laos (az) Bashkir: Лаос (Laos) Belarusian: Лао́с m (Laós) Bengali: লাওস (bn) (laos) Breton: Laos Bulgarian: Лао́с (bg) m (Laós) Burmese: လာအို (laui) Catalan: Laos (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 老撾／老挝 (zh) (Lǎowō), 寮國／寮国 (zh) (Liáoguó) (Taiwan) Czech: Laos (cs) m Danish: Laos n Dhivehi: ލާއޯސް‎ (lāōs) Dutch: Laos (nl) n Esperanto: Laoso (eo) Estonian: Laos (et) Farefare: Laogo Faroese: Laos n Finnish: Laos (fi) French: Laos (fr) m Georgian: ლაოსი (ka) (laosi) German: Laos (de) n Greek: Λάος (el) n (Láos) Hausa: Laos Hebrew: לָאוֹס‎ f (laos) Hindi: लाओस (hi) m (lāos) Hungarian: Laosz (hu) Icelandic: Laos (is) n Ido: Laos (io) Indonesian: Laos (id) Interlingua: Laos Irish: Laos m Italian: Laos (it) m Japanese: ラオス (ja) (Raosu) Kazakh: Лаос (Laos) Khmer: លាវ (km) (liəw), ឡាវ (km) (laaw) Korean: 라오스 (ko) (Raoseu) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Laos (ku) Kyrgyz: Лаос (ky) (Laos) Lao: ລາວ (lo) (lāo), ເມືອງລາວ (mư̄ang lāo), ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo) Latvian: Laosa (lv) f Lithuanian: Laosas (lt) m Lü: ᦟᦱᧁ (laaw) Macedonian: Лаос (mk) m (Laos) Malay: Laos (ms) Maltese: Laos (mt) Maori: Rāoho (mi) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Лаос (mn) (Laos) Navajo: Lááʼos Nepali: लाओस (lāos) Norman: Laos m Northern Thai: ᩃᩣ᩠ᩅ Norwegian: Bokmål: Laos (no) n Nynorsk: Laos (nn) n Pashto: لاوس‎ m (lāwos) Persian: لائوس‎ (fa) (lâ'os) Polish: Laos (pl) m inan Portuguese: Laos (pt) Romanian: Laos (ro) n Russian: Лао́с (ru) m (Laós) Santali: ᱞᱟᱣᱚᱥ (lavôs) Scots: Laos Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ла̏ос m Roman: Lȁos m Sinhalese: ලාඕසය (lāōsaya) Slovak: Laos (sk) m Slovene: Laos (sl) m Spanish: Laos (es) Swahili: Laos Swedish: Laos (sv) n Tagalog: Laos (tl) Tajik: Лаос (tg) (Laos) Tatar: Лаос (Laos) Telugu: లావోస్ (te) (lāvōs) Tetum: Laos Thai: ลาว (th) (laao), ประเทศลาว (bprà-têet laao), เมืองลาว (mʉʉang laao) Tibetan: ལའོ་སུ (la'o su) Turkish: Laos (tr) Turkmen: Laos Ukrainian: Лао́с (uk) m (Laós) Urdu: لاؤس‎ m (lāos) Uyghur: لائوس‎ (la'os) Uzbek: Laos (uz) Vietnamese: Lào (vi), nước Lào White Hmong: Teb chaws Nplog Yiddish: לאַאָס‎ n (laos) Yoruba: Laosi Zhuang: Laujvoh

See also

• Vientiane
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʊz/

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Noun

Laos

1. plural of Lao

Anagrams

• ASLO, LOAs, Loas, Salo, also, loas, salo, soal, sola

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.os/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈla.us/

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Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• laosià

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

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Czech

Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• laoský
• Laosan

Further reading

• Laos in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Laos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Laos n

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• Laotiaan
• Laotiaans

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Faroese

Etymology

From French Laos, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Proper noun

Laos n

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• laotiskur

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Finnish

Etymology

From French Laos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑos/, [ˈlɑo̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑos
• Syllabification^(key): La‧os

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Declension

Inflection of Laos (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Laos	—
genitive		Laosin	—
partitive		Laosia	—
illative		Laosiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Laos	—
accusative	nom.	Laos	—
	gen.	Laosin
genitive		Laosin	—
partitive		Laosia	—
inessive		Laosissa	—
elative		Laosista	—
illative		Laosiin	—
adessive		Laosilla	—
ablative		Laosilta	—
allative		Laosille	—
essive		Laosina	—
translative		Laosiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Laositta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Laos (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Laosini	Laosimme
2nd person	Laosisi	Laosinne
3rd person	Laosinsa

Derived terms

• laosilainen

See also

• lao

Anagrams

• Salo, olas, salo, sola

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French

Etymology

Originally the plural of Lao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ɔs/

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Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• laotien
• Laotien

Descendants

• → English: Laos

See also

• (countries of Asia) pays d'Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Laos n (proper noun, genitive Laos' or (with an article) Laos)

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• Laote
• laotisch

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from French Laos, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Proper noun

Laos m (genitive Laos)

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• Laosach (“Laotian”, adjective)
• Laosach m (“Laotian”, noun)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Laos	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Laos” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Italian

Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• laotiano

Anagrams

• Salò, salo, salò, sola

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• lao
• laot
• laotisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Related terms

• lao
• laot
• laotisk

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Laos, plural of Lao, from Lao ລາວ (lāo, “Lao”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɔs/

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• Rhymes: -aɔs
• Syllabification: La‧os

Proper noun

Laos m inan

1. Laos (a country in Southeast Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosu
dative	Laosowi
accusative	Laos
instrumental	Laosem
locative	Laosie
vocative	Laosie

Derived terms

adjective

• laotański

 

nouns

• Laotanka
• Laotańczyk

 

Further reading

• Laos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Laos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Laos.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaws/ [ˈlaʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlaws/ [ˈlaʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlawʃ/ [ˈlaʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlawʃ/

• Hyphenation: Laos

Proper noun

Laos m

1. Laos (a country in southeast Asia)

Derived terms

• laosiano

Related terms

• lao

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâos/
• Hyphenation: La‧os

Proper noun

Lȁos m (Cyrillic spelling Ла̏ос)

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular
nominative	Laos
genitive	Laosa
dative	Laosu
accusative	Laos
vocative	Laose
locative	Laosu
instrumental	Laosom

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaos]

Proper noun

Laos m (genitive singular Laosu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

References

• Laos in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaos/ [ˈla.os]

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• Rhymes: -aos
• Syllabification: La‧os

Proper noun

Laos ?

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• laosiano

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Swedish

Proper noun

Laos n (genitive Laos)

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Anagrams

• Olas, sola

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Laos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: La‧os
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔos/, [ˈla.ʔos]

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)

Declension

Declension of Laos

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Laos	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Laos'u	-
dative (yönelme)	Laos'a	-
locative (bulunma)	Laos'ta	-
ablative (ayrılma)	Laos'tan	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Laos'un	-

    possessive of Laos

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Laos'um	Laoslarım / Laos'larım
senin (your)	Laos'un	Laosların / Laos'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Laos'u	Laosları / Laos'ları
bizim (our)	Laos'umuz	Laoslarımız / Laos'larımız
sizin (your)	Laos'unuz	Laoslarınız / Laos'larınız
onların (their)	Laos'u / Laosları / Laos'ları	Laosları / Laos'ları

See also

• (countries of Asia) Asya ülkesi; Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Bahreyn, Bangladeş, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, Bruney, Butan, Çin, Doğu Timor, Endonezya, Ermenistan, Filistin, Filipinler, Güney Kore, Gürcistan, Hindistan, Irak, İran, İsrail, Japonya, Kamboçya, Katar, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuveyt, Kuzey Kore, Kırgızistan, Laos, Lübnan, Maldivler, Malezya, Mısır, Moğolistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Özbekistan, Pakistan, Rusya, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Suriye, Suudi Arabistan, Tacikistan, Tayland, Tayvan, Türkiye, Türkmenistan, Umman, Ürdün, Vietnam, Yemen

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Turkmen

Proper noun

Laos

1. Laos (a country in Asia)