"lac" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /læk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lac.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lacs [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lacquer. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|laca}} Portuguese laca, {{der|en|hi|लाख}} Hindi लाख (lākh), {{der|en|ur|لاکھ|tr=lākh}} Urdu لاکھ (lākh), {{der|en|sa|लाक्षा}} Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā), {{dbt|en|lacquer}} Doublet of lacquer Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)
  1. A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a resinous substance): لُكّ (lukk) [masculine] (Arabic), لَكّ (lakk) [masculine] (Arabic), লা (la) (Assamese), lakka (Finnish), laque [feminine] (French), Lack [masculine] (German), λάκη (láki) [feminine] (Greek), לַכָּה (láka) [feminine] (Hebrew), lakk (Hungarian), lacca [feminine] (Italian), ラッカー (rakkā) (Japanese), ಅರಗು (aragu) (Kannada), 래커 (raekeo) (Korean), لاک (lâk) (Persian), lakier [masculine] (Polish), laca [feminine] (Portuguese), лак (lak) [masculine] (Russian), लाक्षा (lākṣā) [neuter] (Sanskrit), laca [feminine] (Spanish), లక్క (lakka) (Telugu), ครั่ง (khrâng) (Thai)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /læk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lac.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lacs [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Head templates: {{en-noun}} lac (plural lacs)
  1. Dated spelling of lakh.
    Sense id: en-lac-en-noun-SXYDpPS8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /læk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lac.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lacs [plural]
Rhymes: -æk Etymology: From Cadillac. Head templates: {{en-noun}} lac (plural lacs)
  1. (slang) Clipping of Cadillac Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: Cadillac Synonyms: caddie, caddy
    Sense id: en-lac-en-noun-HE9vQIcR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /læs/, /læk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lac.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lacs [plural]
Rhymes: -æs, -æk Etymology: From laceration. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)
  1. (medicine, colloquial) Laceration. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lac-en-noun-Ad3oCAyj Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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      "لاکھ",
      "لاکھ#Urdu"
    ],
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      "लाक्षा",
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    ],
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          "word": "gum lac"
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          "word": "lac dye"
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        {
          "word": "laciferous"
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          "word": "lac lake"
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          "sense": "a resinous substance",
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          "sense": "a resinous substance",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "sense": "a resinous substance",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "a resinous substance",
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          "roman": "aragu",
          "sense": "a resinous substance",
          "word": "ಅರಗು"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "a resinous substance",
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          "code": "te",
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