laps

See also: läpš and laps'

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lăps, IPA(key): /læps/
  • Homophones: lapse, Lapps

Noun

laps

  1. plural of lap

Verb

laps

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lap

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin lapis.

Noun

laps m (indefinite plural lapsa, definite singular lapsi, definite plural lapsat)

  1. pencil

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *lapitja, close to Greek λαπαρός (laparós, “weak”), λαπάζω (lapázo, “to weaken”) [1].

Verb

laps (first-person singular past tense lapsa, participle lapsur)

  1. I wear out, tire

Etymology 3

From Proto-Albanian *laubitja, related to Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *l'ubiti 'to love'[2].

Verb

laps (first-person singular past tense lapsa, participle lapsur)

  1. I wish, want

References

  1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p. 191
  2. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p. 191

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laps/, [lɑb̥s]

Noun

laps c (singular definite lapsen, plural indefinite lapse)

  1. fop, dandy (a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
  2. a shabby man [from 1990]

Inflection

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognate with Finnish lapsi.

Noun

laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)

  1. child
  2. someone's child

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lap.sys/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lapsus (“fall”). Doublet of lapsus.

Noun

laps m (plural laps)

  1. lapse
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin lapsus (“fallen”)

Adjective

laps (invariable)

  1. (archaic) apostate of Catholicism
Derived terms
  • laps et relaps

Further reading

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