laiton

Etymology

laki (“law”) +‎ -ton (“-less”)

Adjective

laiton (comparative laittomampi, superlative laittomin)

1. illegal, illegitimate, lawless, unlawful (contrary to or forbidden by law)
2. unlawful, illicit (not approved by law, but not invalid)
3. lawless, extralegal (not governed by any law)
4. lawless (not restrained by the law or by discipline)
5. (baseball, pesäpallo) foul

Noun

laiton

1. (baseball, pesäpallo) foul ball (ball that lands on foul territory)

Anagrams

• alotin, lantio, lointa, lotina, noilta, taloin

Etymology

From Arabic لَاطُون‎ (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣‎ (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ‎ (altūn, “gold”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ.tɔ̃/

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Noun

laiton m (uncountable)

1. Brass (the alloy).

Further reading

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