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- [ley]
- /leɪ/
- /lai/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ley]
- /leɪ/
Definitions of lai word
- noun lai (in medieval French literature) 1
- noun lai a narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets and dealing with tales of adventure and romance. 1
- noun lai a lyric poem, often a love poem, having great metrical variety and designed to be sung to a popular melody. 1
- noun lai (historical) A mostly North European form of medieval song, with stanzas that do not repeat. 1
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Origin of lai
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English < Old French. See lay4
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Lai
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lai popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lai usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with lai
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