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Etymology 1
Portuguese laca < Persian FAchar|�اک (l�k), Hindi ला� (l�kh) < Sanskrit ला��षा (l�kṣ�).

Noun
lac

1. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|�� (lukk, lakk) m
Chinese: 桼 (qī)
Finnish: lakka
French: laque f
German: Lack m
Greek: ­­­­­λάκη (láki) f
Hungarian: lakk
Hebrew: ��� (lakah) f
Italian: lacca f
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Japanese: ���� (rakk�)
Kannada: �ರ��
Korean: �커 (raekeo)
Persian FAchar|�اک (l�k)
Polish: lakier m
Portuguese: laca f
Russian: лак (lak) m
Spanish: laca f
Thai: THchar|�รั�� (khrâng)

Derived terms
shellac

Etymology 2
From Hindustani ला� / URchar|�اکھ (l�kh) < Skr. ल��ष� (lakṣa�)

Alternative spellings
lakh

Noun
lac

1. One hundred thousand (commonly used in India).

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Category:Urdu derivations

French

Pronunciation
IPA|[lak
]

Etymology
Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, Italian lago, Latin lacus, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

Noun
lac m

1. lake

Latin

Alternative spellings
lacte
lact

Noun
l�c n (gen: lactis)

1. milk

#: cum|Cum lacte nutrix|nutricis.
#:: With the nurse's milk.

1. for something sweet, pleasant

#: In melle sunt linguae sitae nostrae atque orationes, lacteque; corda felle sunt lita.
#: Ut mentes ... satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur.

1. milky juice

#: Lac herbae.
#:: Milk of plants.
#: cum#Latin|Cum lacte venenum|veneni.
#:: with|With poisonous milk.
#: ''tener|Tenero dum lacte, quod intro est.

1. poetic|lang=la milk white color

#: ''candidus|Candidus taurus ... una fuit labes; cetera lactis erant, Ov. A. A. 1, 290 .

Derived terms
a lacte cunisque (from the cradle, from infancy)
lac pressum (cheese)
tam similem, quam lactis (as like as one egg is to another)
qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet (of tender age)

Derived terms
lacteal
lactic
latte

Category:Latin nouns

Old English

Etymology
Apparently from Germanic *laikom, from *laiko- �play�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/l��k/

Noun
Latinx|l�c n (plural same)

1. gift, offering, sacrifice, booty

#* Hie drihtne lac begen brohton.
#*: They both brought an offering to the Lord.

Category:Old English nouns

Romanian

Etymology
Latin lacus. Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, French lac, Italian lago, Latin lacus, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

Noun
lac f and m

1. lake

Category:Romanian nouns

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