layman

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

lego

profano

laico

seglar

aficionado

laica

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

Laie

leek

laïc

laico

leigo

profane

profano

laico

λαϊκός

niet-ingewijde

llec

laicus

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈleɪmən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: layman

Cognado con Old Frisian: lēkmann

Cognado con neerlandés: leekeman

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: leihman

Cognado con danés: lægmand

Cognado con sueco: lekman

Cognado con noruego: lekmann

Cognado con islandés: 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”).