name
Meaning 1
A province of Chad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
lac
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/læk/
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/læs/
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CMU ARPABET: L AE1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
Initialism of Line of Actual Control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 4
Initialism of Los Angeles, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Meaning 5
Initialism of Los Angeles Clippers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Dated spelling of lakh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
Clipping of Cadillac
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Examples
- Last night I was driving around in my lac.
- 1992, Big Mello, Bone Hard Zaggin, Rap-A-Lot Records, track 5. "Mac's Drive 'Lac's" Macs drive lacs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caddie, caddy
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noun
Meaning 9
Laceration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- hand lac
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noun
Meaning 10
Initialism of looked-after children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Topics: education
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noun
Meaning 11
Acronym of L-acetylcarnitine (“acetylated L-carnitine”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 12
Abbreviation of leading aircraftman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable
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noun
Meaning 13
Initialism of licensed acupuncturist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 14
resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal product
Narrower terms: garnet lac, gum-lac, shellac, stick lac, seed lac
History
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.
From Cadillac.
From laceration.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لُكّ (lukk) — a resinous substance
- Arabic: لَكّ (lakk) — a resinous substance
- Assamese: লা (la) — a resinous substance
- Finnish: lakka — a resinous substance
- French: laque — a resinous substance
- German: Lack — a resinous substance
- Greek: λάκη (láki) — a resinous substance
- Hebrew: לַכָּה (láka) — a resinous substance
- Hungarian: lakk — a resinous substance
- Italian: lacca — a resinous substance
- Japanese: ラッカー (rakkā) — a resinous substance
- Kannada: ಅರಗು (aragu) — a resinous substance
- Korean: 래커 (raekeo) — a resinous substance
- Persian: لاک (lâk) — a resinous substance
- Polish: lakier — a resinous substance
- Portuguese: laca — a resinous substance
- Russian: лак (lak) — a resinous substance
- Sanskrit: लाक्षा (lākṣā) — a resinous substance
- Spanish: laca — a resinous substance
- Telugu: లక్క (lakka) — a resinous substance
- Thai: ครั่ง (khrâng) — a resinous substance