layman

Significat (Anglès)

1. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
2. (broadly) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
3. A common person.
4. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
5. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

Conceptes

llec

seglar

laic

profà

Sinònims

layperson

laity

amateur

secular

laic

follower

nonprofessional

ignoramus

outsider

believer

adherent

peasant

worldling

lay person

ordinary people

out of one’s line

laical

devout layman

lay devoter

pious Buddhist

house-holder

churchman

common people

countryman

countrywoman

householder

inexpert

lay

laywoman

non-professional

parishioner

Traduccions

Laie

leek

laïc

laico

leigo

lego

profane

laico

profano

profano

λαϊκός

laico

niet-ingewijde

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈleɪmən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: layman

Cognat amb Old Frisian: lēkmann

Cognat amb neerlandès: leekeman

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: leihman

Cognat amb danès: lægmand

Cognat amb suec: lekman

Cognat amb noruec: lekmann

Cognat amb islandès: leikmaður

In summary

From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate with Old Frisian lēkmann, lēkmonn (“layman”), obsolete Dutch leekeman (“layman”), Old High German leihman (“layman”), Danish lægmand (“layman”), Swedish lekman (“layman”), Norwegian lekmann (“layman”), Icelandic leikmaður (“layman”).