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layman

layman · laymen

любитель, дилетант, мирянин, профан

мирянин

Laie, Laiin

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergyLayperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.

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/ˈleɪmən/

» Lawyers like to use professional jargon that's difficult for laymen to understand.

Юристы любят использовать профессиональную лексику, которую тяжело понять обычному человеку.

Значение

значений: 5

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
Laie, Laiin
миря́нинmirjánin
миря́нинmyrjányn
(шире)Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.
Let me explain it to you in layman's terms.
Laie
люби́тельljubítelʹ, дилета́нтdiletánt, неспециали́стnespecialíst
a man who is not a clergyman or a professional person
A common person.
A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

Примеры

предложений: 10

Lawyers like to use professional jargon that's difficult for laymen to understand.
Юристы любят использовать профессиональную лексику, которую тяжело понять обычному человеку.
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Experts notice things laymen do not.
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Many a layman confuse vane with vain.
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Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
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His theory is not amenable to simplification for laymen.
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Переводы

языков: 8

Українська

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someone who is not an ordained cleric:

Русский

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someone who is not an ordained cleric:

someone who is not a professional in a given field:

Deutsch

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someone who is not an ordained cleric:

Происхождение

From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate with

From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate with Old Frisian lēkmann, lēkmonn (“layman”), obsolete Dutch leekeman (“layman”), Old High German leihman (“layman”), Danish lægmand (“layman”), Swedish lekman (“layman”), Norwegian lekmann (“layman”), Icelandic leikmaður (“layman”).

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