laik

• IPA^(key): /leɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

laik (third-person singular simple present laiks, present participle laiking, simple past and past participle laiked)

1. Alternative form of lake (“to play”).
   • 2024, Kate Atkinson, Death at the Sign of the Rook, Doubleday, page 128:

     ‘We were just laiking,’ Callum had moaned to Reggie when she first interviewed him. ‘He means larking about,’ someone back at the station interpreted for her.

• kali, Lika, Kali, ilka, Kail, kail, kila, Laki, Akil

From Latin laicus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlajk]

laik m anim (female equivalent laička, relational adjective laický)

1. layman (a noncleric / non-cleric)
2. layman (a nonprofessional / non-professional)

• amatér

• “laik”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “laik”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “laik”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

laik m

1. vocative singular of laiks

From English like.

laik

1. like

Learned borrowing from Latin lāicus, from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ik/

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• Rhymes: -aik
• Syllabification: la‧ik

laik m pers

1. (religion) layman, noncleric
2. layman, nonprofessional

   Synonyms: amator, dyletant, profan

   Antonym: znawca

• laik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• laik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /lǎik/
• Hyphenation: la‧ik

làik m anim (Cyrillic spelling ла̀ик)

1. layman (a noncleric / non-cleric)
2. layman (a nonprofessional / non-professional)

• “laik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From English like.

laik

1. wish, desire
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:16:

     Na God i tokim meri olsem, “Bai mi givim yu bikpela hevi long taim yu gat bel. Na bai yu gat bikpela pen long taim yu karim pikinini. Tasol bai yu gat bikpela laik yet long man bilong yu, na bai em i bosim yu.”

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laik

1. An auxiliary verb which indicates the immediate future tense.
2. (infinitive) To be willing.
3. To like.
4. To want.

From French laïc, laïque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ic/

laik

1. secular

laik (definite accusative laiği, plural laikler)

1. secularist, laicist
2. layperson

• laiklik
• laisizm