"laid" meaning in French

See laid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lɛ/ Audio: Fr-laid.ogg Forms: laide [feminine], laids [masculine, plural], laides [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Middle French laid (“hideous, ugly”), from Old French laid, leid (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), from Vulgar Latin *laitus (“unpleasant, ugly”), from Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”), from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”). Akin to Old High German leid (“unpleasant, odious”) (German leid (“unfortunate”), Leid (“grief”)), Old Norse leiþr (“odious”), Old English lāþ (“unpleasant, odious”), Catalan lleig (“ugly”), Occitan lag (“ugly”). More at loath. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|laid||hideous, ugly}} Middle French laid (“hideous, ugly”), {{der|fr|fro|lait|laid, leid|unpleasant, horrible, odious}} Old French laid, leid (“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), {{der|fr|VL.|*laitus||unpleasant, ugly}} Vulgar Latin *laitus (“unpleasant, ugly”), {{der|fr|frk|*laiþ||unpleasant, obstinate, odious}} Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*laiþaz||sorrowful, unpleasant}} Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (“sorrowful, unpleasant”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*leyt-||unpleasant}} Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“unpleasant”), {{cog|goh|leid||unpleasant, odious}} Old High German leid (“unpleasant, odious”), {{cog|de|leid||unfortunate}} German leid (“unfortunate”), {{cog|non|leiþr||odious}} Old Norse leiþr (“odious”), {{cog|ang|lāþ||unpleasant, odious}} Old English lāþ (“unpleasant, odious”), {{cog|ca|lleig||ugly}} Catalan lleig (“ugly”), {{cog|oc|lag||ugly}} Occitan lag (“ugly”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} laid (feminine laide, masculine plural laids, feminine plural laides)
  1. physically ugly Synonyms: moche, vilain
    Sense id: en-laid-fr-adj-G5mhmUmX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Appearance Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Appearance: 67 33
  2. morally corrupt
    Sense id: en-laid-fr-adj-BQFNOeC0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jolie laide, laid comme les sept péchés capitaux, laid comme un pou
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Inflected forms

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