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lau

/laʊ/

lau verb: to place upon; to put down onto.

Verb

lau (third-person singular simple present laus, present participle lauing, simple past and past participle laued)

  1. (Polari) To place upon; to put down onto.

Proper noun capitalized: Lau

Lau

  1. A surname from Chinese.

lau meaning in Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati and Odia

lau in Tamil

லவு

lau in Punjabi

ਲਾਊ, ਲਾਊ ਤੱਕ

lau in Gujarati

લાઉને

lau in Odia

ଲାଉ

Forms of lau

third-person singular presentlaus
present participlelauing
past participlelaued
pastlaued

Origin of lau

From Cantonese 劉／刘 (lau4), Hokkien 劉／刘 (Lâu) or Teochew 劉／刘 (lao5). Doublet of Liu and Luu.

Phrases with lau

Words that rhyme with lau

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Questions about lau

What does lau mean?
Lau means to place upon; to put down onto.
What is lau in Tamil?
Lau in Tamil is லவு. See Lau meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lau?
Lau can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lau?
Lau is pronounced /laʊ/.
What is the past tense of lau?
The past tense of lau is laued.

Words near lau in the dictionary

  1. Latvianize
  2. Latvianness
  3. Latvians
  4. Latz
  5. Latzes
  6. lau
  7. lau kui
  8. lau yah
  9. Laua-an
  10. lauan
  11. lauans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lau (page history and authors); Lau (page history and authors); lau (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lau (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lau (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lau (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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