German

Proper noun

Lauta n ‎(genitive Lautas)

1. A town in Saxony, Germany.

Finnish

Noun

lauta

1. A board (long, wide and thin piece of sawn timber).
2. An element in many compound words, where the English equivalent is "board" (The Finnish equivalent for "board" may also be taulu or levy). These compounds can be shortened to plain lauta, if there is no danger of confusion.

   šakkilauta ‎(“chessboard”)

   silityslauta ‎(“ironing board”)

   lainelauta ‎(“surfboard”)

   lumilauta ‎(“snowboard”)

   ponnahduslauta ‎(“springboard”)

3. (colloquial) A woman who has small breasts.

Usage notes

• As sawn timber, lauta is generally at least 75 mm (3") wide and no more than 38 mm (1,5") thick. Anything narrower is called rima, and anything thicker is lankku or parru.

Declension

See also

• kakkosnelonen
• lankku
• rima
• sahatavara

Anagrams

• aulat, laatu, latua, taula

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto laŭta, from German laut.

Adjective

lauta

1. loud

Derived terms

• lauteskar

Italian

Adjective

lauta

1. feminine singular of lauto

Latin

Participle

lauta

1. nominative feminine singular of lautus
2. nominative neuter plural of lautus
3. accusative neuter plural of lautus
4. vocative feminine singular of lautus
5. nominative neuter plural of lautus

lautā

1. ablative feminine singular of lautus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Laute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǎuta/
• Hyphenation: la‧u‧ta

Noun

làuta f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ла̀ута)

1. lute (stringed instrument)

Declension

Synonyms

• (lute): lèut, lútnja

Votic

Noun

lauta ‎(genitive lavvaa, partitive [please provide])

1. board, plank
2. table

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• "lauta" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat