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lag

Pronunciation: /lɑːɡ/

“lag” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
  2. a horizontal row of bricks (in a masonry) bounded by two horizontal joints
  3. a horizontal widespread mass of soil or rock, formed by deposition
  4. a layer; part, section (part of a whole that one imagines divided along horizontal lines)
  5. the correct or usual way in which something is arranged; correct and regular order, condition, etc.
  6. normal and good mood or temperament
  7. correct and polite language or manner
  8. Used to indicate an approximate amount of something.
  9. Used to indicate an approximate amount of something, with the prepositions på (“on”) and ved (“by”).
  10. Used in the definite form with the preposition i (in) and a superlative adjective to indicate a high degree of something.
  11. manner; being, appearance (characteristic mode of acting or behaving)
  12. an individual and natural way of treating people; way of approaching something
  13. a gathering, company; togetherness, companionship
  14. a flock, company, circle of people (united in togetherness, socializing, friendship or common profession)
  15. a festive gathering or company; party
  16. a group of people working together; a team
  17. a squad (smallest division unit of a troop; usually of about ten members)
  18. a sports team (a group (of at least two), which during a competition acts as a whole)
  19. an association (a group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization)
  20. a row of cannons at the same height in the broadside of warships

Etymology

From Old Norse lag (“layer; companionship”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“situation; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

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