laps

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lăps, IPA: /læps/, X-SAMPA: /l{ps/
• Homophones: lapse, Lapps

Noun

laps

1. Plural form of lap

Verb

laps

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

Anagrams

• alps , Alps, pals, salp, slap, SPLA

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin lapis.

Noun

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

1. pencil

Etymology 2

From Latin lapsus ‘fall’.

Verb

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

1. I wear out, tire

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

    Inflection of laps

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	laps	lapsen	lapse	lapsene
genitive	laps'	lapsens	lapses	lapsenes

Derived terms

• lapset ("foppish", "shabby")

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Estonian

Noun

laps (genitive lapse, partitive last)

1. child
2. someone's child

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• lapsik

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French

Etymology 1

From Latin lapsus (“fall”)

Noun

laps m (plural laps)

1. lapse

Derived terms

• laps de temps

Etymology 2

Latin lapsus (“fallen”)

Adjective

laps (invariable)

1. (archaic) apostate of Catholicism

Derived terms

• laps et relaps