laico

Borrowed from Latin lāicus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.ko/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ajko
• Hyphenation: lài‧co

laico (feminine laica, masculine plural laici, feminine plural laiche)

1. lay
2. secular

• laicamente
• laicismo
• laicizzare

laico m (plural laici, feminine laica)

1. layman
2. lay brother

• laico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• laico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• colai, locai, loica

lāicō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lāicus

Learned borrowing from Latin lāicus (“lay; unconsecrated”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of the inherited leigo.

• Hyphenation: lai‧co

laico m (plural laicos)

1. layman (someone who is not an ordained cleric)

laico (feminine laica, masculine plural laicos, feminine plural laicas, not comparable)

1. lay (not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them)

   Synonyms: laical, leigo

2. non-religious (having no relation with religion)

   Synonyms: leigo, profano, secular, temporal

   Antonym: religioso

3. secular (not bound by the vows of a monastic order)

   Synonyms: laical, secular

   Antonyms: clerical, eclesiástico

Borrowed from Latin lāicus (“lay; unconsecrated”), from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós, “of the people”), from λαός (laós, “the people”). Doublet of lego.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaiko/ [ˈlai̯.ko]
• Rhymes: -aiko
• Syllabification: lai‧co

laico (feminine laica, masculine plural laicos, feminine plural laicas)

1. lay, secular

laico m (plural laicos)

1. layman

• “laico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28