Polyglot Dictionary

laïc

/la.ik/

le noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les laïcs

Meaning

  1. secular person, layperson

    • L'école reste strictement laïque.

      The school remains strictly secular.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

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English

layperson

layperson is the English word for the same thing — both mean "secular person."

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