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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/

» Experts notice things laymen do not.

Значення

значень: 5

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
Laie, Laiin
миря́нинmirjánin
миря́нинmyrjányn
(ширше)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.

Приклади

речень: 10

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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Lawyers like to use professional jargon that's difficult for laymen to understand.
ruЮристы любят использовать профессиональную лексику, которую тяжело понять обычному человеку.
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мов: 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:

Походження

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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