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Added 9 October 2026

lac

/læk/ symbol

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ISO 639-3 language code for Lacandon.

noun

A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

noun

Dated spelling of lakh.

noun

Clipping of Cadillac
Last night I was driving around in my lac.

Origin

From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lacquer.

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