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lax¹
- /læks/ UK, US
Sounds like lacs, lacks, lakhs (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -æks
Where it comes from
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 laxes
- A salmon.
lax²
- /læks/ UK, US
Sounds like lacs, lacks, lakhs (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -æks
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).
adjective laxer · laxest
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Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.
Similar: permissive, lenient, relaxed, clement, easygoing, forbearing, indulgent, lax, loose-handed, permissible, remissful, safe · Opposite: strict
- Loose; not tight or taut. The rope fell lax.
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Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible
Similar: blameworthy, lash, negligent, remiss, reprehensible
- Describing an associative monoidal functor.
- Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheic.
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(of a vowel) Produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
Similar: slack
lax³
- /læks/ UK, US
Sounds like lacs, lacks, lakhs (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -æks
Where it comes from
By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x.
noun
- lacrosse. “I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.
lax⁴
- /læks/ UK, US
Sounds like lacs, lacks, lakhs (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -æks
noun laxes
- Clipping of laxative
LAX⁵
Where it comes from
From the IATA airport code.
proper noun
- Los Angeles International Airport I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.
Lax⁶
proper noun Laxes
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sagging, drooping, droopy, floppy, flaccid, limp, soft, indulgent, weak, slack, relaxed, loose, lenient, permissive, regular, negligent
Translations
Every language
adj not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation
| Español | laxo |
|---|---|
| Português | leniente |
| Français | laxiste |
| Deutsch | lax |
| Italiano | lasso, lassista |
| Ελληνικά | επιεικής epieikís, ελαστικός elastikós, χαλαρός chalarós |
| Русский | нестро́гий nestrógij, необяза́тельный neobjazátelʹnyj |
adj loose; not tight or taut
| हिन्दी | ढीला ḍhīlā, शिथिल śithil |
|---|---|
| Português | frouxo |
| Deutsch | locker, lose |
| Italiano | allentato, sciolto, lasso, lento, lasco |
| Ελληνικά | χαλαρός chalarós, λάσκος láskos |
| Русский | ненатя́нутый nenatjánutyj |
adj lacking care
| Português | negligente |
|---|---|
| Français | laxiste |
| Italiano | trascurato, negligente |
| Ελληνικά | αμελής amelís |
| Русский | небре́жный nebréžnyj |
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title = {lax},
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