lao

Other forms of lao

plural

laos·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lao

What does lao mean?

lao means "a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lao?

lao has 1 syllable: lao. In IPA it is /ˈlaʊ/.

What is another word for lao?

Close synonyms include Laotian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lao a common word?

lao is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lao?

3 words rhyme with lao. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.