laid
French, adjective/lɛ/
laid is spelled L-A-I-D (4 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laid is a French adjective meaning “physically ugly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a quelque défaut qui se remarque dans les proportions, dans les formes ou dans les couleurs qui…”.
What does laid mean in English?
adjective
- 1
physically ugly
laid comme les sept péchés capitaux
- 2
morally corrupt
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a quelque défaut qui se remarque dans les proportions, dans les formes ou dans les couleurs qui constituent la beauté chez les hommes et chez les animaux. 2. Qui est désagréable à voir. 3. Qui est déshonnête, contraire à la bienséance, au devoir.
noun: 1. Une personne laide. 2. En parlant des choses.
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 laid
- laide feminine
- laids masculine plural
- laides feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laid?
- /lɛ/
- \lɛ\
- \le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laid in French?
laid appears 4.2 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).