lacs

See also: Lacs

English

Noun

lacs

plural of lac

Anagrams

ACLs, ALCS, ASLC, LCAs, SLAC, clas

French

Etymology 1

See etymology on the main entry.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lak/

Noun

lacs m

plural of lac

Etymology 2

From Old French laz, inherited from Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Noun

lacs m (plural lacs)

(archaic) noose
(archaic) lasso
snare, trap

Usage notes

One of the rare examples in French where a word has two different pronunciations for two senses.

Derived terms

lacet

Further reading

“lacs” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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