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lax

/læks/ symbol

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ISO 639-3 language code for Tiwa.

noun

A salmon.

adjective

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.
Loose; not tight or taut.
The rope fell lax.
Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.

noun

lacrosse.

Origin

From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahs (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lacks, lachs, lasche (“salmon”), Middle Low German las (“salmon”), German Lachs (“salmon”), Norwegian laks (“salmon”), Danish laks (“salmon”), Swedish lax (“salmon”), Icelandic lax (“salmon”), Lithuanian lašišà (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). Doublet of lox.

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