laïque
French, noun/la.ik/
laïque is spelled L-A-Ï-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laïque is a French feminine noun meaning “layman, layperson” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de laïc”.
What does laïque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lay, secular
noun
- 1
femininemasculinelayman, layperson
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Variante de laïc.
noun: 1. Variante de laïc.
noun: 1. L’école républicaine, par opposition, à l’école confessionnelle.
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 laïque
- laïques plural
- laïc alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laïque?
- /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 laïque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laïque in French?
laïque appears 6.0 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).