"lai" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /lɛ/ Forms: laie [feminine], lais [masculine, plural], laies [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French lai, from Latin lāicus. Doublet of laïque. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|lai|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French lai, {{inh+|fr|fro|lai}} Inherited from Old French lai, {{inh|fr|la|lāicus}} Latin lāicus, {{doublet|fr|laïque}} Doublet of laïque Head templates: {{fr-adj}} lai (feminine laie, masculine plural lais, feminine plural laies)
  1. (archaic) lay (not clerical) Tags: archaic Synonyms: laïque
    Sense id: en-lai-fr-adj-bfgGa0iD
  2. Still used in the terms frère lai, sœur laie, which see. Synonyms: convers
    Sense id: en-lai-fr-adj-WJJ2Ime3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /lɛ/ Forms: lais [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French lai, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake. Alternatively from Celtic; compare Old Irish laíd (“poem”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|lai|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French lai, {{inh+|fr|frm|lai}} Inherited from Middle French lai, {{inh|fr|fro|lai||song, lyric, poem}} Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), {{der|fr|frk|*laik, *laih|t=play, melody, song}} Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*laikaz}} Proto-Germanic *laikaz, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*leyg-|t=to jump, spring, play}} Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”), {{cog|goh|leih||a play, skit, melody, song}} Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), {{cog|gmh|leich||piece of music, epic song played on a harp}} Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), {{cog|ang|lācan||to move quickly, fence, sing}} Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”), {{cog|sga|laíd||poem}} Old Irish laíd (“poem”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} lai m (plural lais)
  1. (historical) a mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance., with stanzas that do not repeat Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-lai-fr-noun-VFn1N4IG Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 38 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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