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lag
Pronunciation: /lɑːɡ/
“lag” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 20 meanings in English:
noun
- a layer (a single thickness of some material covering a surface)
- a horizontal row of bricks (in a masonry) bounded by two horizontal joints
- a horizontal widespread mass of soil or rock, formed by deposition
- a layer; part, section (part of a whole that one imagines divided along horizontal lines)
- the correct or usual way in which something is arranged; correct and regular order, condition, etc.
- normal and good mood or temperament
- correct and polite language or manner
- Used to indicate an approximate amount of something.
- Used to indicate an approximate amount of something, with the prepositions på (“on”) and ved (“by”).
- Used in the definite form with the preposition i (in) and a superlative adjective to indicate a high degree of something.
- manner; being, appearance (characteristic mode of acting or behaving)
- an individual and natural way of treating people; way of approaching something
- a gathering, company; togetherness, companionship
- a flock, company, circle of people (united in togetherness, socializing, friendship or common profession)
- a festive gathering or company; party
- a group of people working together; a team
- a squad (smallest division unit of a troop; usually of about ten members)
- a sports team (a group (of at least two), which during a competition acts as a whole)
- an association (a group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization)
- 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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