lay

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
2. To cause to subside or abate.
3. To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
4. To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
5. To produce and deposit an egg.
6. To bet (that something is or is not the case).
7. To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
8. (slang) To have sex with.
9. To state; to allege.
10. To point; to aim.
11. To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
12. To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
13. To place (new type) properly in the cases.
14. To apply; to put.
15. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
16. To impute; to charge; to allege.
17. To present or offer.
18. To take a position; to come or go.
19. To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Noun

1. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
2. A share of the profits in a business.
3. The direction a rope is twisted.
4. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
5. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
6. (slang) A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
7. The laying of eggs.
8. (obsolete) A layer.
9. (obsolete) A basis or ground.
10. (obsolete) A pursuit or practice; a dodge.

Noun

A lake.

Adj

1. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
2. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
3. Not trumps.
4. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Noun

1. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
2. A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

Noun

A meadow; a lea.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A law.
2. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.

Concepts

poser

mettre

pondre

coucher

placer

déposer

laïque

ballade

profane

gis

appliquer

enlever

culbuter

asseoir

pose

baiser

baiseur

baiseuse

installer

établir

cacher

retourner

tendre

étendre

jeter

planter

engrais

fumier

poser sur

caqueter

mettre le couvert

mondain

séculaire

séculier

chanson

laïc

pondeuse

imposer

laïcité

remettre

s’asseoir

positionner

prendre position

situer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/leɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old English leċġan (“to lay”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie, recline”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”).
Cognate with West Frisian lizze (“to lay, to lie”), Dutch leggen (“to lay”), German legen (“to lay”), Norwegian Bokmål legge (“to lay”), Norwegian Nynorsk leggja (“to lay”), Swedish lägga (“to lay”), Icelandic leggja (“to lay”), Albanian lag (“troop, band, war encampment”).