# lait
## English
### Alternative forms

* late

### Etymology

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (“to search”), Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

### Verb

lait (third-person singular simple present laits, present participle laiting, simple past and past participle laited)
* (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
** 1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect):
    By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um.
** 1877, John Frances, quoting a girl from the moorlands of Yorkshire, Notes and queries, page 10:
    The other day I heard a girl hailing from the moorlands of Yorkshire remark that she had "laited a long time for the children, but could not find them," evidently meaning she had sought for them. Is this word common to Yorkshire?

#### Derived terms

* laitand

### See also

* café au lait
* sac-a-lait

### Anagrams

* ATLI, Ital, Ital., LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Ta-li, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, ital, ital., tail, tali

## Champenois
### Alternative forms

* (Rémois) lat
* (Langrois) vate

### Etymology

Inherited from Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /lɛ/

### Noun

lait m (plural laits)
* (Troyen, Langrois) milk

#### Derived terms

* laitaige
* laitier
* laitou

### References

* Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎ (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
* Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎ (in French), Troyes

## Cimbrian
### Noun

lait f
* slope

### References

* Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑi̯t/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯t̪]
* IPA: /ˈlɑ.it/, [ˈlɑ̝.it̪]
* Rhymes: -ɑit, -ɑ.it
* Hyphenation: lait, la‧it

### Noun

lait
* nominative plural of laki

### Anagrams

* Ilta, ilta, lati, liat, tali, tila

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Occitan lach, lait.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛ/, /le/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: lai, laid, laids, laie, laient, laies, lais, laits (general), lé, les, lés (e/ɛ-merger), legs (dated)
* Rhymes: -e

### Noun

lait m (countable and uncountable, plural laits)
* (uncountable) milk
* (countable, informal) an individual serving of milk
* (uncountable, slang) milk, semen

#### Derived terms

* café au lait
* chocolat au lait
* cochon de lait
* confiture de lait
* dent de lait
* fièvre de lait
* frère de lait
* lait de chaux
* lait de coco
* lait de poule
* lait d’âne
* lait écrémé
* lait en poudre
* lait entier
* lait végétal
* laitage
* laitance
* laiterie
* montée de lait
* petit-lait
* riz au lait
* soupe au lait
* surveiller comme le lait sur le feu
* thé au lait
* vache à lait

#### Related terms

* lact-, lacto-
* lacté
* laiteux
* laitier
* laitue

### Further reading

* “lait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* a-t-il
* liât

## Khasi
### Verb

lait
* to be free

#### Derived terms

* phlait

### References

* Singh, U Nissor (1906) Khasi-English dictionary‎, Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 109. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

## Middle English
### Noun

lait
* Alternative form of leyt

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French lait, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare French lait.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

lait m (plural laits)
* milk

#### Derived terms

* lait bidoux (“milk on the turn”)
* lait cailli (“curdled milk”)
* lait cailli êputhé (“curd”)
* lait d'beurre (“buttermilk”)
* lait d'bronzage (“suntan lotion”)
* lait d'poule (“milkshake”)
* lait êcrémé (“skimmed milk”)
* lait su (“sour milk”)
* laitchi (“milk jug, milkman”)
* laiteux (“milky”)
* lait'tie (“dairy”)
* vaque à lait (“dairy cow”)

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

lait m (plural laits)
* Alternative form of lach

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* leid, led

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (early) /lajt/, (later) /lɛjt/

### Etymology 1

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

#### Noun

lait oblique singular, m (oblique plural laiz or laitz, nominative singular laiz or laitz, nominative plural lait)
* milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals)

##### Descendants

* French: lait ⇒ laiteron
** Haitian Creole: lèt
* Norman: lait
* ⇒ Walloon: laecea

### Etymology 2

Thought to be of Germanic origin; see Modern French laid.

#### Adjective

lait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laide)
* ugly
* horrific; awful; terrible

##### Descendants

* Middle French: laid
** French: laid
* Norman: laid (Jèrriais)
* Picard: léd (Athois), laizou (Ch'ti)
* Walloon: léd (Charleroi), laîd (Forrières), lêd (Liégeois)
* → Italian: laido
* → Old Spanish: laido
* → Old Galician-Portuguese: laido
** Galician: laido
* → Sicilian: làitu, ladiu

#### Noun

lait oblique singular, m (nominative singular laiz or laitz)
* ugliness

### Etymology 3

See laire

#### Verb

lait
* third-person singular present indicative of laire

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.ˈit/, [la.ˈit]

### Noun

lait
* rope; cord

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlaʔit/ [ˈlaː.ʔɪt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -aʔit
* Syllabification: la‧it

### Noun

lait (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜆ᜔)
* revilement; derision; vilification
    Synonyms: mura, pagmura, alimura, pag-alimura, pagdusta, pandurusta
* blasphemy
    Synonyms: paglapastangan, pagwawalang-pakundangan

#### Derived terms

* kalait-lait
* laitan
* laitera
* laitero
* lumait
* manlait
* manlalait
* mapanlait
* paglait

### Anagrams

* ilat, tali, tila, alit, lati

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English light.

### Noun

lait
* light
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:3:Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.→New International Version translation

### Adjective

lait
* bright
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.→New International Version translation

#### Related terms

* tulait