lais
French, noun\lɛ\
lais is spelled L-A-I-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,708th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lais is a French masculine noun meaning “plural of lai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeune baliveau de l’âge du bois, qu’on laisse quand on coupe le taillis, afin qu’il vienne en haute futaie”.
What does lais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of lai
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeune baliveau de l’âge du bois, qu’on laisse quand on coupe le taillis, afin qu’il vienne en haute futaie. 2. Atterrissement, alluvion, ce que la mer ou une rivière donne d’accroissement à un terrain.
noun: 1. Femme galante dont la réputation fait grand bruit.
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.
How do you pronounce lais?
- \lɛ\
- \la.is\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lais in French?
lais appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).