laïque

From Latin lāicus (“lay, layman, laic, laical”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of lai (“lay, not belonging to the clergy”).

• IPA^(key): /la.ik/

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laïque (plural laïques)

1. lay, secular

   Antonym: clérical

• ⇒ Arabic: لَائِكِيّ (lāʔikiyy)
• → Turkish: laik

laïque m or f by sense (plural laïques, masculine laïc)

1. layman, layperson

   Antonym: clerc

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

• “laïque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.