laïc
French, noun/la.ik/
laïc is spelled L-A-Ï-C (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laïc is a French masculine noun meaning “layman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Profane”.
What does laïc mean in English?
adjective
- 1
secular, lay, laic
noun
- 1
masculinelayman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie le caractère des personnes ou des choses ne faisant pas partie d’une institution religieuse. 2. Séculier, du monde profane. 3. Qui est conforme au principe de séparation de la religion et de l’État. 4. Areligieux.
noun: 1. Profane. 2. Partisan du principe de séparation de la religion et de l’État. 3. Monde profane.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of laïc
- laïque feminine
- laïcs masculine plural
- laïques feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laïc?
- /la.ik/
- \la.ik\
- [la.ik]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laïc
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laïc in French?
laïc appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).