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— English words —

• lai n. (Historical) A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic…
• Lai prop.n. A Tibeto-Burman language of India and Burma.
• Lai prop.n. A surname from Chinese.
• Lai prop.n. A surname from Chinese.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• A'ou
  • lai³¹ n. (Hongfeng) leaf.
  • lai³¹ n. (Hongfeng) month.
• Aromanian
  • lai adj. Black.
  • lai adj. (Figurative) poor, miserable, unfortunate.
  • lai adj. (Figurative) wicked, bad.
• Bavarian
  • lai prep. (Austria, Tyrol) only, just.
• Biao
  • lai¹ v. (Shidong) to flow.
• Bourguignon
  • lai art. (Feminine nouns) the.
• Estonian
  • lai adj. Wide, broad.
• Ido
  • lai n. Plural of la.
• Indonesian
  • Lai prop.n. A surname from Hakka.
• Istriot
  • lai n. Side.
  • lai adv. Here (this place).
• Iu mien
  • lai n. Vegetable.
• Khasi
  • lai num. Three.
• Laboya
  • lai n. Husband.
• Latvian
  • lai conj. With the conditional, indicating purpose, sometimes cause; sometimes correlating with tāpēc, tādēļ in…
  • lai conj. Indicating concession, especially in the combinations lai gan, lai arī; though, although, even though.
  • lai conj. Indicating strong concession, in combination with arī, nu, vai and with interrogative pronouns like…
  • lai conj. After certain verbs, introducing a direct object clause; that, for ... to, to.
  • lai conj. Indicating manner and/or purpose, usually correlating with an adverb like tā (“like that”) in the main…
  • lai conj. Indicating consequence, especially with tik (“so (much)”), pārāk (“too much”) and an adjective or participle…
  • lai part. Used to express an optative (wish) nuance: may, may it be that.
  • lai part. Used to express encouragement, agreement: let.
  • lai part. Used to mark third person imperative forms of verbs; sometimes used with the first person also: let.
  • lai part. Used to give a nuance of indecision or doubt, especially in a question should, could.
  • lai part. (Colloquial) used to add strength to a word or expression, to link it more tightly to the rest of the sentence.
  • lai part. Used to reinforce a word, highlighting it among others.
  • lai part. Used, sometimes with nu or ir, to indicate tolerance of, or agreement with, someone else.
• Maia
  • lai n. Beach.
• Mandarin
  • lai rom. Nonstandard spelling of lái.
  • lai rom. Nonstandard spelling of lǎi.
  • lai rom. Nonstandard spelling of lài.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 來.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俫.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倈.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婡.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孻.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 崍.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 庲.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 律.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徕.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徟.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徠.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 来.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 梾.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 棶.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淶.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 猍.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琜.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筙.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箂.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萊.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逨.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郲.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錸.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騋.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鯠.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鶆.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 麳.
  • lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 黧.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 侀.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 俪.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倇.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勑.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 娕.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 律.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徟.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 条.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫴.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瀨, 瀬.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癩.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睞.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籁.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籟.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 藾.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襰.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賚.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 賴.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赉.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赖, 頼.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 顂.
  • lài rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鵣.
  • Lái rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萊.
  • lǎi rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唻.
  • lǎi rom. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㚓.
• Maroon spirit language
  • lai n. Lie (intentionally false statement).
• Muong
  • lãi n. (Mường Bi) tongue.
• Old french
  • lai n. Pond, lake.
  • lai n. Trench, ditch.
  • lai n. Grave.
  • lai n. Lai (Medieval text).
  • lai adj. Ugly.
• Old irish
  • lai n. Alternative spelling of laí.
  • laí n. Genitive singular of lá.
• Pnar
  • lai v. To go.
• Romanian
  • lai adj. (Popular) black (or black mixed with white), gray.
  • l-ai cont. Contraction of îl + ai.
• Romansch
  • lai n. Lake.
  • lai n. (Vallader) marriage, matrimony.
• Saterland frisian
  • Lai n. Lightning.
• Vietnamese
  • lai v. Short for lai giống (“to crossbreed”).
  • lai adj. Of mixed blood; crossbred.
  • lai n. (Central Vietnam, southern Vietnam) hemline; turn-up.
  • lai n. (Central Vietnam, southern Vietnam) hundredth part of a tael (equal to 0.378 g).
  • lai v. (Central Vietnam) to carry (someone) on one’s bicycle or motorbike pillion; to give someone a lift on…
  • lai v. To tow.
  • lai n. Candlenut; candleberry (Aleurites moluccanus).
  • lái v. (Vehicles) to control; to drive, to ride, to pilot, etc.
  • lái v. (Informal) to digress, to sidetrack, or to put one’s own spin on.
  • lái n. Steering wheel; steering control.
  • lái n. (Colloquial) Short for lái xe (“driver”) or lái đò (“boatman”).
  • lái n. (Colloquial) used to refer to a merchant or trader.
  • lái num. (Probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders’ cant) two.
  • lài n. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) jasmine.
  • lãi n. (Finance) interest.
  • lãi n. Parasitic worms.
  • lại adv. (Before verb) once more, indicates an action or state is resumed.
  • lại adv. (After verb) again.
  • lại adv. On the other hand, meanwhile.
  • lại adv. (After objects) indicates a return to some original state.
  • lại v. To come.
  • Lại prop.n. A surname from Chinese.
• Welsh
  • lai adj. Soft mutation of llai (“smaller”).
• Zhuang
  • lai adj. Many, much, a lot.
  • lai adv. More.
  • lai adv. Comparatively; more.
  • lai adv. Too; exceedingly; very.

— In German —

• Lai S. Musik: reines Instrumentalstück der mittelalterlichen französischen…
• Lai S. Literatur: kurze gereimte altfranzösische Erzählung, die…
• Lai S. Literatur: altfranzösisches liedhaftes Gedicht, das auf unterschiedlich…

— In French —

• lai adj.m. Laïc, convers.
• lai adj.m. Séculier.
• lai n.m. (Littérature) Petit poème narratif, en vers octosyllabique…
• Lai n.fam. Nom de famille.
• Laï n.prop. (Géographie) Ville située au sud-ouest du Tchad, sur…

— In Portuguese —

• lai s. Forma musical do norte da Europa, mais comum na França e…

— In Italian —

• lai s. (Poesia) componimento lirico narrativo d’intonazione mesta…
• lai s. (Poesia) lamenti, lamentazioni.

258 English words from 132 English definitions

action add adjective adverb After again agreement a␣lot also Alternative although among and and/or Austria bad Beach Before bicycle black blood boatman broad Burma Burman candleberry Candlenut cant carry cause Central certain chiefly Chinese clause Colloquial combination combinations come Comparatively concession conditional consequence Contraction control correlating could crossbred crossbreed digress direct direct␣object ditch doubt drive driver else encouragement equal especially etc European even even␣though exceedingly express expression false Feminine Figurative Finance first first␣person flow for form forms from gan Genitive give Grave gray Hakka hand Hanyu Hanyu␣Pinyin hemline Here highlighting Historical hundredth Husband imperative indecision India indicate indicates indicating Informal intentionally interest interrogative interrogative␣pronouns in␣the␣main introducing jasmine just lai lake language leaf let Lie lift Lightning like like␣that link lot lyrical main manner Many mark marriage matrimony may meanwhile medieval merchant miserable mixed month more mostly motorbike much mutation narrative Nonstandard North nouns nuance object objects obsolete octosyllabic of␣a once once␣more one only On␣the On␣the␣other␣hand optative original other others own Parasitic part participle person pig pillion pilot Pinyin place Plural poem Pond poor Popular Probably pronouns purpose put question reading refer reinforce rest resumed return ride sentence Short Short␣for should Side sidetrack singular smaller Soft Soft␣mutation some someone someone␣else sometimes southern spelling spin state statement steering Steering␣wheel strength strong surname tael text that the third third␣person this though Three Tibeto-Burman tightly tik To␣come To␣go tolerance tongue too too␣much to␣the tow trader traders Trench turn turn␣up two Tyrol Ugly unfortunate used used␣to usually vai Vegetable Vehicles verb verbs very Vietnam wheel white wicked Wide wish with word worms written

10 English words from 11 foreign definitions

auf das der die Europa musical Nom Petit sud vers

2 foreign words from 132 English definitions

Aleurites Vallader

41 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

altfranzösische altfranzösisches componimento comum convers Erzählung famille Forma França französischen Gedicht Géographie gereimte intonazione kurze Laïc lamentazioni lamenti lirico Literatur Littérature mais mesta mittelalterlichen Musik narratif narrativo Nom␣de␣famille norte octosyllabique ouest poème Poesia reines Séculier située sud-ouest sur Tchad unterschiedlich Ville

209 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

laic laid laik Lail lain Lain lair Lair lais Lais lait Lait LAIV laick laics laide laika Laika laiks Laila Lails laine Laing Laino lains Lains Laira laird Laird Lairg lairs Lairs lairy Laist laith laits Laits laity Laius Laible laibon laical Laiche laid␣by laidly laidst laid␣up laikas Laikas laiked +159 words

1553 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Alaia Al␣Ain Alais blain Blain Blair Blais claik claim Clair CLAIT elain Elain Flaig flail Flaim flain flair glaik glair plaid plain Plain Plair plait slaie slain Ulaid ylaid Aglaia alaihi Alaimo Alaina Allain belaid belain Belair Bel␣Air Blaina Blaine blains Blains Blaire Blaise Blaize Calais claiks claime claims Claira +1503 words

46 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Alai Hlai HLAI Adlai Kolai malai mulai Tolai Apalaí azalai Bhilai cholai déblai full␣AI Gia␣Lai lai␣lai Pillai sralai stelai apellai Bakalai jai-alai jai␣alai Lorelai Mikalai Mughlai Nikolai onyalai Penglai P'eng-lai phialai Pre-Hlai quillai remblai virelai Gorillai Hualalai rasmalai ras␣malai palapalai parabolai Proto-Hlai rasamalai skrabalai rossomalai Mount␣Penglai

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IAL -ial

6 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ail Ali ali- IAL -ial LIA

141 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

-afil ails Alai Albi Alia Alic Alid alie alif Alig ali'i alim Alim ALIP Alis alit Aloi amil anil aril ATLI bail Bail Bali Cail Cali Dail dali Dali Dalí dial Dial dial. fail Fail fila Gail Gali gila Gila glia hail Hail hila Hlai HLAI IALA -ical IGL@ Ilam +91 words

32 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ai Ai AI A-I a.i. A.I. al Al AL Ål -al al- a.l. &␣al. IA -ia i.a. IL il- I'l la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. li Li -li-

98 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAI bai Bai Cai CAI Cài Cai. dai Dai DAI EAI FAI hai Jai kai Kai lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. lac Lac LAc LAC lad LAD Lae LAE LαE lag LAG lah LAH lak Lak LAK Lal LAL Lal. lam Lam LAM Lam. Lan LAN Lan. Lao lap lar LAr LAR las LAs lat LAT lat. Lat. lau Lau lav LAV law Law LAW lax Lax LAX lay Lay Laz LCI LDI lei Lei Lei. LGI Loi LOI LPI LSI Lui mai Mai MAI nai QAI rai Rai raï sai tai Tai TAI vai Vai wai WAI

18 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ai Ai AI A-I a.i. A.I. la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. li Li -li-

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

Laci Laki Lani lari Lasi Lazi LNAI

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