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Definitions and meaning of lax

lax

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /læks/
  • Rhymes: -æks
  • Homophones: lacs, lacks, lakhs (one pronunciation)

Alternative forms

  • lacks (Killian)

Etymology 1

From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahs (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lacks, lachs, lasche (“salmon”), Middle Low German las (“salmon”), German Lachs (“salmon”), Norwegian laks (“salmon”), Danish laks (“salmon”), Swedish lax (“salmon”), Icelandic lax (“salmon”), Lithuanian lašišà (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). Doublet of lox.

Noun

lax (plural laxes)

  1. (now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.
Related terms
  • gravlax
  • lox

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).

Adjective

lax (comparative laxer, superlative laxest)

  1. Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
  2. Loose; not tight or taut.
  3. Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
  4. (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
  5. (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
  6. (linguistics) (of a vowel) Produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
    Antonym: tense
Synonyms
  • (lenient, not strict): permissive, lenient, relaxed
  • (loose, not tight): loose, slack
  • (lacking care): blameworthy, lash, negligent, remiss, reprehensible
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “lenient, not strict”): strict
  • (antonym(s) of “loose, not tight”): taut, tight
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 3

By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x.

Noun

lax (uncountable)

  1. (slang) lacrosse.
Derived terms
  • lax bro

Etymology 4

Noun

lax (plural laxes)

  1. (informal) Clipping of laxative.
Related terms
  • ex-lax fish

Anagrams

  • Axl

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لق.

Adjective

lax (comparative daha lax, superlative ən lax)

  1. shaky, unsteady, rickety, wobbly
  2. loose, spacious, loose-fitting
  3. rotten (of eggs)
    lax yumurta ― rotten egg
  4. (Baku, Salyan) untruthful
  5. (Gadabay, Nakhchivan, Ordubad) meaningless

Derived terms

  • laxlamaq
  • laxlatmaq

Further reading

  • “lax” in Obastan.com.

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin laxus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈlaks]

Adjective

lax (feminine laxa, masculine plural laxos, feminine plural laxes)

  1. loose, lax, slack
    Synonym: fluix
    Antonym: tens

Related terms

  • laxar
  • relax

Further reading

  • “lax”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Dacian

Noun

lax

  1. The edible wild purslane plant.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laxus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laks/
  • Homophones: Lachs, Lacks

Adjective

lax (strong nominative masculine singular laxer, comparative laxer, superlative am laxesten)

  1. lax
  2. (morale or ethics) easy, loose

Declension

Further reading

  • “lax” in Duden online
  • “lax” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laxs], [laks]

Noun

lax m (genitive singular lax, nominative plural laxar)

  1. salmon

Declension

Derived terms

  • laxbleikur:
  • laxbleikur litur m
  • stinglax m

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *laks, from the same source as laciō (“entice”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫaks]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaks]

Noun

lax f (genitive lacis); third declension

  1. deception, fraud

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • fraus

References

  • “lax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

  • alx

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • lex

Etymology

From Old English leax, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laks/, /lɛks/

Noun

lax (plural lax or laxes)

  1. salmon

Descendants

  • English: lax
  • Scots: lax

References

  • “lax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-23.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. Cognate with Old English leax, German Lachs, English lox, Old High German lahs, Yiddish לאַקס (laks).

Noun

lax m (genitive lax, plural laxar)

  1. (zoology) salmon

Declension

Derived terms

  • Laxárdalr

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lax”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.

Noun

lax m

  1. (zoology) salmon

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: lax

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laxus.

Adjective

lax m or n (feminine singular laxă, masculine plural lacși, feminine and neuter plural laxe)

  1. lax

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.

The 1000 SEK sense probably refers to the salmon color of old 1000 SEK banknotes. Compare the similarly themed older slang skäring, from skär (“pink”); räka (“prawn”); tegel (“brick”); and röding (“char”), from röd (“red”); all referring to the red-pinkish color of old 1000 SEK banknotes. Color and animal-related nicknames for banknotes used to be quite common. Other examples include grönsiska (“siskin; 6 riksdaler 32 skillingar”), kanariefågel (“canary bird; 32 skillingar”), and fågel blå (“blue bird; 500 riksdaler”).

Another possibility is a Romani origin, then derived from Hindi लाख (lākh, “100,000”), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), but such a Romani word has not been attested. Cf. lakan with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laks/
  • Rhymes: -aks
  • Homophone: lacks

Noun

lax c

  1. salmon (fish)
  2. salmon (meat)
  3. (slang) A thousand of some unit of currency, typically SEK.
    Synonyms: lakan, långschal, skäring, papp, lök

Declension

Derived terms

  • laxodling (“salmon farming; salmon farm”)
  • laxrosa
  • lök på laxen

References

  • lax in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • lax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • lax in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Monica Golabiewski Lannby (2009 December 3) “Sedlarna som satte färg på språket”, in Språktidningen‎[2], retrieved 2021-11-26
  • Monica Golabiewski Lannby (2009) “’LAXAR’ – de skära tusenlapparna”, in Svensk numismatisk tidskrift‎[3], number 8, Svenska numismatiska föreningen
  • Gerd Carling (2005) “lax”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 89

Source: wiktionary.org