Lais

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Lais. === Proper noun === Lais (plural Laises) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Lais is the 39887th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Lais is most common among White (85.82%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lais”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382. === Anagrams === sail, SAIL, Lasi, ails, SiAl, Alis, LISA, LIAs, Lias, lias, Lisa, sial, Ilsa, Isla == German == === Etymology === From Estonian Laiuse. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Lais n (proper noun, genitive Lais' or (with an article) Lais) (historical) Laiuse (a parish of Jõgeva County, Estonia) ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαΐς (Laḯs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫaː.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.is] === Proper noun === Lāis f sg (genitive Lāidos); third declension The name of two famous hetaerae of Corinth ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only. 1In poetry. === References === “Lais”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Lais”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lai̯s/, [lɑɪ̯s] === Noun === Lais plural of Laus