English

Noun

laps

1. plural of lap

Verb

laps

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

Anagrams

• alps , Alps, pals, salp, slap, SPLA

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin lapis.

Noun

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

1. pencil

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *lapitja, close to Greek λαπαρός ‎(laparós, “weak”), λαπάζω ‎(lapázo, “to weaken”) ^[1].

Verb

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

1. I wear out, tire

Etymology 3

From Proto-Albanian *laubitja, related to Sanskrit लुभ्यति ‎(lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *l'ubiti 'to love'^[2].

Verb

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

1. I wish, want

References

1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p. 191
2. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p. 191

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Derived terms

• lapset ("foppish", "shabby")

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapci. Cognate with Finnish lapsi.

Noun

laps ‎(genitive lapse, partitive last)

1. child
2. someone's child

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• lapsik
• esiklaps
• lastehaigla

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 m, f ‎(invariable)

1. (archaic) apostate of Catholicism

Derived terms

• laps et relaps