lax
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /læks/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -æks
- Homophone: lacks
Alternative forms edit
- lacks (Killian)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahs (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lacks, lachs, lasche (“salmon”), Middle Low German las (“salmon”), German Lachs (“salmon”), Norwegian laks (“salmon”), Danish laks (“salmon”), Swedish lax (“salmon”), Icelandic lax (“salmon”), Lithuanian lašišà (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). Doublet of lox.
Noun edit
lax (plural laxes)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).
Adjective edit
lax (comparative laxer, superlative laxest)
- Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
- The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.
- 1886, John Addington Symonds, Philip Sidney:
- Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions.
- Loose; not tight or taut.
- The rope fell lax.
- 1701, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], →OCLC, part II, page 355:
- The Fleſh of this ſort of [cartilaginous] Fiſh being lax and ſpungy, and nothing ſo firm, ſolid and weighty as that of the bony Fiſhes, and there being a good quantity of Air contained in the Cavity of their Abdomen, they cannot ſink in the Water without letting in ſome of it by theſe Holes (the Orifices whereof are opened and ſhut at pleaſure by the help of Muſcles provided for that purpoſe) into the hollow of their Bellies, whereby they preponderate the Water and deſcend; […]
- 1979, “Genetical Studies on Dense and Lax Panicles In Rice”, in Japan. J. Breed., volume 29, number 2, page 151:
- Sreedharan and Mirsa (1973) reported that two lax panicle mutants, designated as nude panicle mutation, were obtained from the M2 of two rice cultivars.
- Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
- 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 – 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Prior to this match, Albion had only scored three league goals all season, but Wes Brown's lax marking allowed Morrison to head in their fourth from a Chris Brunt free-kick and then, a minute later, the initial squandering of possession and Michael Turner's lack of pace let Long run through to slot in another.
- (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
- (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
- (linguistics) (of a vowel) Produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
- Antonym: tense
Synonyms edit
- (lenient, not strict): permissive, lenient, relaxed
- (loose, not tight): loose, slack
- (lacking care): blameworthy, lash, negligent, remiss, reprehensible
Antonyms edit
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Etymology 3 edit
By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x.
Noun edit
lax (uncountable)
- (slang) Lacrosse.
- 2010, Kate Kingsley, Pretty on the Outside, page 79:
- “I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin laxus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lax (feminine laxa, masculine plural laxos, feminine plural laxes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lax” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dacian edit
Noun edit
lax
- The edible wild purslane plant.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lax (strong nominative masculine singular laxer, comparative laxer, superlative am laxesten)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist lax | sie ist lax | es ist lax | sie sind lax | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | laxer | laxe | laxes | laxe |
genitive | laxen | laxer | laxen | laxer | |
dative | laxem | laxer | laxem | laxen | |
accusative | laxen | laxe | laxes | laxe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der laxe | die laxe | das laxe | die laxen |
genitive | des laxen | der laxen | des laxen | der laxen | |
dative | dem laxen | der laxen | dem laxen | den laxen | |
accusative | den laxen | die laxe | das laxe | die laxen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein laxer | eine laxe | ein laxes | (keine) laxen |
genitive | eines laxen | einer laxen | eines laxen | (keiner) laxen | |
dative | einem laxen | einer laxen | einem laxen | (keinen) laxen | |
accusative | einen laxen | eine laxe | ein laxes | (keine) laxen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist laxer | sie ist laxer | es ist laxer | sie sind laxer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | laxerer | laxere | laxeres | laxere |
genitive | laxeren | laxerer | laxeren | laxerer | |
dative | laxerem | laxerer | laxerem | laxeren | |
accusative | laxeren | laxere | laxeres | laxere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der laxere | die laxere | das laxere | die laxeren |
genitive | des laxeren | der laxeren | des laxeren | der laxeren | |
dative | dem laxeren | der laxeren | dem laxeren | den laxeren | |
accusative | den laxeren | die laxere | das laxere | die laxeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein laxerer | eine laxere | ein laxeres | (keine) laxeren |
genitive | eines laxeren | einer laxeren | eines laxeren | (keiner) laxeren | |
dative | einem laxeren | einer laxeren | einem laxeren | (keinen) laxeren | |
accusative | einen laxeren | eine laxere | ein laxeres | (keine) laxeren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am laxesten | sie ist am laxesten | es ist am laxesten | sie sind am laxesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | laxester | laxeste | laxestes | laxeste |
genitive | laxesten | laxester | laxesten | laxester | |
dative | laxestem | laxester | laxestem | laxesten | |
accusative | laxesten | laxeste | laxestes | laxeste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der laxeste | die laxeste | das laxeste | die laxesten |
genitive | des laxesten | der laxesten | des laxesten | der laxesten | |
dative | dem laxesten | der laxesten | dem laxesten | den laxesten | |
accusative | den laxesten | die laxeste | das laxeste | die laxesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein laxester | eine laxeste | ein laxestes | (keine) laxesten |
genitive | eines laxesten | einer laxesten | eines laxesten | (keiner) laxesten | |
dative | einem laxesten | einer laxesten | einem laxesten | (keinen) laxesten | |
accusative | einen laxesten | eine laxeste | ein laxestes | (keine) laxesten |
Further reading edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lax m (genitive singular lax, nominative plural laxar)
Declension edit
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *laks, from the same source as laciō (“entice”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /laks/, [ɫ̪äks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laks/, [läks]
Noun edit
lax f (genitive lacis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lax | lacēs |
Genitive | lacis | lacum |
Dative | lacī | lacibus |
Accusative | lacem | lacēs |
Ablative | lace | lacibus |
Vocative | lax | lacēs |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “laciō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321
- “lax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English leax, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lax (plural lax or laxes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-23.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. Cognate with Old English leax, German Lachs, English lox, Old High German lahs, Yiddish לאַקס (laks).
Noun edit
lax m (genitive lax, plural laxar)
Declension edit
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “lax”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.
Noun edit
lax m
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Swedish: lax
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
lax m or n (feminine singular laxă, masculine plural lacși, feminine and neuter plural laxe)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.
The 1000 SEK sense is probably referring to the old pink color of the 1000 SEK banknote, the same color as a salmon. Compare with the similar themed older slang skäring, from skär (“pink”); räka (“prawn”); tegel (“brick”); and röding (“char”), from röd (“red”); all referring to the red-pinkish color of the 1000 SEK banknote. Color and animal-related nicknames for banknotes used to be quite common, e.g. grönsiska (“siskin; 6 riksdaler 32 skillingar”), kanariefågel (“canary bird; 32 skillingar”) and fågel blå (“blue bird; 500 riksdaler”).
An alternative possibility is of a Romani origin, then derived from Hindi लाख (lākh, “100,000”), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), but such a Romani word has not been attested. Cf. lakan with the same meaning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lax c
Declension edit
Declension of lax | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lax | laxen | laxar | laxarna |
Genitive | lax | laxens | laxars | laxarnas |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Monica Golabiewski Lannby (2009 December 3) “Sedlarna som satte färg på språket”, in Språktidningen[2], retrieved 2021-11-26
- Monica Golabiewski Lannby (2009) “’LAXAR’ – de skära tusenlapparna”, in Svensk numismatisk tidskrift[3], number 8, Svenska numismatiska föreningen
- Gerd Carling (2005) “lax”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 89
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