lac

Meaning

A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

Synonyms

shellac

lakh

varnish

lakh

lakh

lacquer

sealing-wax

lacca

sticklac

sealing lac

kind of red dye

one hundred thousand

loft

made

sealing wax

bakeapple

Translations

laque

lacca

🕳️

laca

laca

لك

Lack

Gummilack

λάκη

lak

λάκα

لُكّ

Farblack <Lack>

hunderttausend

100000

Pronounced as (IPA)

/læk/

Etymology

From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lacquer.