lao
French, noun\la.o\
lao is spelled L-A-O (3 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 30,948th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lao is a French masculine noun meaning “Lao (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue principalement parlée au Laos”.
What does lao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineLao (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laotien, Laotienne.
noun: 1. Langue principalement parlée au Laos.
prefix: 1. Préfixe des mots en rapport avec le Laos. 2. Préfixe des mots soulignant les rapports mutuels du Laos ou des Laotiens avec d’autres nations. 3. Préfixe des doubles nationalités lorsque l’une d’elles est laotienne.
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 lao
- Laos plural masculine feminine
- laos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lao?
- \la.o\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lao
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lao in French?
lao appears 1.0 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).