lackey

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• /ˈlæ.ki/
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Borrowed from Middle French laquais, which is probably (via Old Occitan lacai?) from Spanish lacayo, itself perhaps from Italian lacchè and Greek λακές (lakés), from Turkish ulak. Another possibility is through French, from Catalan alacay, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid). See French laquais.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lake — liveried male servant
• Arabic: خَادِم (ḵādim) — liveried male servant
• Armenian: սպասավոր (spasavor) — liveried male servant
• Belarusian: лаке́й (lakjéj) — liveried male servant
• Belarusian: лёкай (ljókaj) — liveried male servant
• Bulgarian: лаке́й (lakéj) — liveried male servant
• Catalan: lacai — liveried male servant
• Chinese Mandarin: 奴僕 /奴仆 (núpú) — liveried male servant
• Chinese Mandarin: 僕役 /仆役 (púyì) — liveried male servant
• Chinese Mandarin: 僕人 /仆人 (púrén) — liveried male servant
• Czech: lokaj — liveried male servant
• Danish: lakaj — liveried male servant
• Dutch: lakei — liveried male servant
• Esperanto: livreulo — liveried male servant
• Estonian: lakei — liveried male servant
• Finnish: lakeija — liveried male servant
• French: laquais — liveried male servant
• Georgian: ლაქია (lakia) — liveried male servant
• German: Lakai — liveried male servant
• Greek: λακές (lakés) — liveried male servant
• Greek: υπηρέτης (ypirétis) — liveried male servant
• Hindi: नौकर (naukar) — liveried male servant
• Hungarian: lakáj — liveried male servant
• Hungarian: inas — liveried male servant
• Hungarian: komornyik — liveried male servant
• Irish: gíománach — liveried male servant
• Italian: lacchè — liveried male servant
• Japanese: 従僕 (jūboku) — liveried male servant
• Korean: 하인 (hain) — liveried male servant
• Korean: 종 (jong) — liveried male servant
• Latvian: lakijs — liveried male servant
• Lithuanian: liokajus — liveried male servant
• Macedonian: лакеј (lakej) — liveried male servant
• Māori: tonotono — liveried male servant
• Norwegian Bokmål: lakei — liveried male servant
• Iranian Persian: نُوْکَر (nowkar) — liveried male servant
• Iranian Persian: پادُوْ (pâdow) — liveried male servant
• Polish: lokaj — liveried male servant
• Portuguese: lacaio — liveried male servant
• Romanian: lacheu — liveried male servant
• Russian: лаке́й (lakéj) — liveried male servant
• Serbo-Croatian: лакеј — liveried male servant
• Serbo-Croatian: lakej — liveried male servant
• Slovak: lokaj — liveried male servant
• Slovene: lakaj — liveried male servant
• Spanish: lacayo — liveried male servant
• Swedish: lakej — liveried male servant
• Thai: คนใช้ (kon-chái) — liveried male servant
• Thai: คนรับใช้ (kon-ráp-chái) — liveried male servant
• Thai: ข้ารับใช้ — liveried male servant
• Thai: ขี้ข้า (kîi-kâa) — liveried male servant
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقهدار (çokadar) — liveried male servant
• Ukrainian: лаке́й (lakéj) — liveried male servant
• Ukrainian: льо́кай (lʹókaj) — liveried male servant
• Urdu: خِدْمَت گار (xidmat gār) — liveried male servant
• Urdu: خادِم (xādim) — liveried male servant
• Urdu: نَوکَر (naukar) — liveried male servant
• Vietnamese: đầy tớ — liveried male servant
• Belarusian: халу́й (xalúj) — a fawning, servile follower
• Belarusian: лаке́й (lakjéj) — a fawning, servile follower
• Belarusian: пры́хвасцень (prýxvascjenʹ) — a fawning, servile follower
• Chinese Mandarin: 走狗 (zǒugǒu) — a fawning, servile follower
• Chinese Mandarin: 狗腿子 (gǒutuǐzi) — a fawning, servile follower
• Chinese Mandarin: 走卒 (zǒuzú) — a fawning, servile follower
• Chinese Mandarin: 奴才 (núcái) — a fawning, servile follower
• Danish: lakaj — a fawning, servile follower
• Dutch: lakei — a fawning, servile follower
• Dutch: slaafje — a fawning, servile follower
• Dutch: voetvaag — a fawning, servile follower
• Finnish: lakeija — a fawning, servile follower
• French: laquais — a fawning, servile follower
• German: Lakai — a fawning, servile follower
• Hungarian: lakáj — a fawning, servile follower
• Hungarian: talpnyaló — a fawning, servile follower
• Hungarian: csatlós — a fawning, servile follower
• Hungarian: szolgalélek — a fawning, servile follower
• Icelandic: höfðingjasleikja — a fawning, servile follower
• Italian: leccaculo — a fawning, servile follower
• Italian: lacchè — a fawning, servile follower
• Italian: lecchino — a fawning, servile follower
• Japanese: 走狗 (sōku) — a fawning, servile follower
• Korean: 주구 (jugu) — a fawning, servile follower
• Macedonian: потрчко (potrčko) — a fawning, servile follower
• Norwegian Bokmål: lakei — a fawning, servile follower
• Polish: sługus — a fawning, servile follower
• Polish: przydupas — a fawning, servile follower
• Portuguese: lacaio — a fawning, servile follower
• Romanian: lacheu — a fawning, servile follower
• Russian: холу́й (xolúj) — a fawning, servile follower
• Russian: лаке́й (lakéj) — a fawning, servile follower
• Russian: при́хвостень (príxvostenʹ) — a fawning, servile follower
• Spanish: lacayo — a fawning, servile follower
• Swedish: lakej — a fawning, servile follower
• Tagalog: alipores — a fawning, servile follower
• Tagalog: tuta — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: ลิ่วล้อ (lîu-lɔ́ɔ) — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: สมุน (sà-mǔn) — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: ลูกสมุน — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: ลูกไล่ — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: ลูกกะจ๊อก — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: ลูกกะโล่ — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: ลูกจ๊อก — a fawning, servile follower
• Thai: ขี้ข้า (kîi-kâa) — a fawning, servile follower
• Ukrainian: лаке́й (lakéj) — a fawning, servile follower
• Ukrainian: холу́й (xolúj) — a fawning, servile follower
• Ukrainian: лаки́за (lakýza) — a fawning, servile follower
• Ukrainian: лаку́за (lakúza) — a fawning, servile follower
• Ukrainian: при́хвостень (prýxvostenʹ) — a fawning, servile follower