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• General-American: /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈleɪ̯ɚ] ~ [ˈleɪ̯ɹ̩]
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• General-American: /ˈlɛɹ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.ə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈleɪ̯.ə]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈlɛə̯] ~ [ˈlɛː]
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈlɛː/
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• /ˈlɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• Scotland: /ˈleɾ/
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• Scotland: [ˈleːɾ]
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• Australian: /ˈleː/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈleə/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ˈliə/ cheer–chair merger
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -eɪə(ɹ)
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• homophone: lair (some pronunciations)
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• General-American: /ˈleɪ.ɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: L EY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Appears at first glance to be from Middle English leyer, leyare (“a layer of stones or bricks”), equivalent to lay + -er. In which case, ultimately identical to etymology 2 below. For the pronunciation compare prayer. However, this word layer (referring to a thickness of a material covering a surface) has also been argued to be from a respelling of an obsolete sense of the word lair that was once used by farmers, which had to do with soil. The connecting sense between the usual meaning of lair and the specialised farming meaning was: an area where cows typically rest, the ground being fertilised by their waste. Related to lie, ledger.

Etymology tree Old English læġ English lay English -er English layer From lay + -er.

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shtresë — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Arabic: طَبَقَة (ṭabaqa) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Armenian: շերտ (šert) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Azerbaijani: təbəqə — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Azerbaijani: qat — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Azerbaijani: lay — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Bashkir: ҡат (qat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Bashkir: ҡатлам (qatlam) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Belarusian: слой (sloj) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Belarusian: пласт (plast) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Bengali: পরত (porot) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Bulgarian: слой (sloj) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Bulgarian: пласт (plast) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Burmese: အထပ် (a.htap) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Catalan: capa — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Chinese Cantonese: 層 /层 (cang4) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Chinese: цын (cɨn) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 層 /层 (céng) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• West Circassian: пцум (pcwum) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Czech: vrstva — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Danish: lag — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Dutch: laag — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Esperanto: tavolo — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Estonian: kiht — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Finnish: kerros — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• French: couche — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Galician: capa — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Georgian: ფენა (pena) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Georgian: შრე (šre) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• German: Lage — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• German: Schicht — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Greek: στρώση (strósi) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Greek: στρώμα (stróma) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Greek: στιβάδα (stiváda) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Greek: διάστρωση (diástrosi) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Hebrew: רוֹבֶד (róved) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Hebrew: שִׁכְבָה (shikhvá) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Hindi: परत (parat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Hindi: तह (tah) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Hindi: तबक़ा (tabqā) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Hindi: तबका (tabkā) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Hungarian: réteg — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Icelandic: lag — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Ido: strato — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Ingrian: kerros — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Irish: sraith — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Italian: strato — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Japanese: 層 (sō) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Japanese: 膜 (maku) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Kazakh: қабат (qabat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Kazakh: қат (qat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Kazakh: қаттам (qattam) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Khmer: ជាន់ (cŏən) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Korean: 층 (cheung) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Kyrgyz: катмар (katmar) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Kyrgyz: кабат (kabat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Kyrgyz: кат (kat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Lao: ຊັ້ນ (san) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Latvian: slānis — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Lithuanian: sluoksnis — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Macedonian: слој (sloj) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Malay: lapisan — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Māori: paparanga — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Māori: papanga — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Māori: apa — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Marathi: थर (thar) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Mongolian: давхарга (davxarga) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Mongolian: үе (üje) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: lag — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Pashto: طبقه (tabaqá) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Dari: لَایَه (lāya) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Dari: طَبَقَه (tabaqa) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Iranian Persian: لایِه (lâye) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Iranian Persian: طَبَقِه (tabaġe) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Plautdietsch: Schicht — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Polish: warstwa — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Portuguese: camada — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Romanian: strat — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Romanian: așternut — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Romanian: acoperământ — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Russian: слой (sloj) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Russian: пласт (plast) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Sanskrit: धातु (dhātu) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: сло̑ј — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: slȏj — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Slovak: vrstva — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Slovene: plast — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Lower Sorbian: warsta — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Upper Sorbian: woršta — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Spanish: capa — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Spanish: tongada — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Spanish: tonga — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Spanish: tanda — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Swedish: lager — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Swedish: skikt — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Tagalog: suson — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Tajik: қабат (qabat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Tajik: табақа (tabaqa) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Tatar: катлам (qatlam) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Tatar: кат (qat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Telugu: పొర (pora) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Thai: ชั้น (chán) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Turkish: katman — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Turkish: tabaka — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Turkmen: gatlak — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Turkmen: gat — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Ukrainian: шар (šar) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Ukrainian: верства́ (verstvá) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Ukrainian: пласт (plast) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Ukrainian: слой (sloj) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Urdu: پَرَت (parat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Urdu: طَبَقَہ (tabaqa) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Uyghur: قاتلام (qatlam) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Uyghur: قات (qat) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Uyghur: قەۋەت (qewet) — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Uzbek: qatlam — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Uzbek: qat — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Uzbek: qavat — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Vietnamese: lớp — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Welsh: haen — single thickness of some material covering a surface
• Bashkir: ҡат (qat) — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Bulgarian: кат (kat) — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Czech: vrstva — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Dutch: laag — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Finnish: vaatekerros — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Finnish: kerros — item of clothing worn under or over another
• French: couche — item of clothing worn under or over another
• German: Bekleidungsschicht — item of clothing worn under or over another
• German: Lage — item of clothing worn under or over another
• German: Schicht — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Italian: strato — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Portuguese: camada — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Swedish: lager — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Turkish: kat — item of clothing worn under or over another
• Bashkir: ҡатлам (qatlam) — deposit
• Catalan: capa — deposit
• Czech: vrstva — deposit
• Dutch: laag — deposit
• Esperanto: tavolo — deposit
• Finnish: kerros — deposit
• Finnish: kerrostuma — deposit
• German: Schicht — deposit
• Greek: στρώμα (stróma) — deposit
• Greek: διάστρωση (diástrosi) — deposit
• Ido: strato — deposit
• Italian: strato — deposit
• Japanese: 層 (sō) — deposit
• Macedonian: наслојка (naslojka) — deposit
• Macedonian: наслага (naslaga) — deposit
• Portuguese: camada — deposit
• Russian: слой (sloj) — deposit
• Russian: пласт (plast) — deposit
• Swedish: lager — deposit
• Swedish: skikt — deposit
• Swedish: varv — deposit
• Tagalog: saray — deposit
• Turkish: kat — deposit
• Bulgarian: слой (sloj) — drawing surface (computer graphics)
• French: calque — drawing surface (computer graphics)
• German: Ebene — drawing surface (computer graphics)
• Japanese: レイヤー (reiyā) — drawing surface (computer graphics)
• Korean: 레이어 (reieo) — drawing surface (computer graphics)
• Russian: слой (sloj) — drawing surface (computer graphics)
• Azerbaijani: düzücü — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Dutch: legger — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Finnish: laatoittaja — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• German: Leger — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• German: Verleger — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Norwegian Bokmål: legger — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Portuguese: assentador — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Russian: укла́дчик (ukládčik) — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Russian: кла́дчик (kládčik) — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Swedish: takläggare — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Swedish: golvläggare — person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager
• Finnish: munija — mature female animal able to lay eggs
• Bashkir: йомортҡа һалған (yomortqa) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Bashkir: һалыусы тауыҡ (tawıq) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Bulgarian: носачка (nosačka) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Dutch: legster — hen kept to lay eggs
• Finnish: munituskana — hen kept to lay eggs
• French: pondeuse — hen kept to lay eggs
• German: Legehenne — hen kept to lay eggs
• Greek: καρπερή (karperí) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Italian: ovaiola — hen kept to lay eggs
• Macedonian: несилка (nesilka) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Norman: pond'rêsse — hen kept to lay eggs
• Norwegian Bokmål: egglegger — hen kept to lay eggs
• Norwegian Bokmål: verpehøne — hen kept to lay eggs
• Polish: nioska — hen kept to lay eggs
• Portuguese: botadeira — hen kept to lay eggs
• Russian: несу́шка (nesúška) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Spanish: gallina ponedora — hen kept to lay eggs
• Spanish: ponedora — hen kept to lay eggs
• Swedish: äggläggare — hen kept to lay eggs
• Swedish: värphöna — hen kept to lay eggs
• Telugu: పొదుగుట (poduguṭa) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Ukrainian: несу́чка (nesúčka) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Ukrainian: несю́чка (nesjúčka) — hen kept to lay eggs
• Bulgarian: присадка (prisadka) — shoot of a plant
• Finnish: taivukas — shoot of a plant
• French: marcotte — shoot of a plant
• German: Absenker — shoot of a plant
• German: Ableger — shoot of a plant
• German: Kindel — shoot of a plant
• Macedonian: изданок (izdanok) — shoot of a plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: skudd — shoot of a plant
• Russian: отводок (otvodok) — shoot of a plant
• Spanish: hijuelo — shoot of a plant
• Swedish: stickling — shoot of a plant
• Swedish: skott — shoot of a plant
• Swedish: avsugare — shoot of a plant
• Swedish: sugymp — shoot of a plant
• Walloon: marcote — shoot of a plant
• Bulgarian: разслоявам (razslojavam) — to cut or divide into layers
• Esperanto: tavoligi — to cut or divide into layers
• German: trennen — to cut or divide into layers
• German: spalten — to cut or divide into layers
• Greek: καταβολεύω (katavolévo) — to cut or divide into layers
• Macedonian: раслојува (raslojuva) — to cut or divide into layers
• Polish: cieniować — to cut or divide into layers
• Russian: рассла́ивать (rassláivatʹ) — to cut or divide into layers
• Russian: расслои́ть (rassloítʹ) — to cut or divide into layers
• Bulgarian: наслоявам (naslojavam) — to arrange in layers
• Esperanto: tavoligi — to arrange in layers
• Finnish: kerrostaa — to arrange in layers
• Finnish: pinota — to arrange in layers
• German: schichten — to arrange in layers
• German: übereinanderlegen — to arrange in layers
• Macedonian: наслојува (naslojuva) — to arrange in layers
• Māori: whakapapa — to arrange in layers
• Māori: tāpatupatu — to arrange in layers
• Māori: whakamātā — to arrange in layers
• Polish: układać warstwami — to arrange in layers
• Russian: насла́ивать (nasláivatʹ) — to arrange in layers
• Russian: наслои́ть (nasloítʹ) — to arrange in layers