laos

Other forms of laos

plural

laoses·

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 laos

What does laos mean?

laos means "a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949".

How many syllables are in laos?

laos has 2 syllables: la-os. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˈlɑoʊs/.

What is another word for laos?

Close synonyms include Lao People's Democratic Republic. 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 laos a common word?

laos is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.