se lâcher, v.r., to slacken, to grow loose; to become loose, to slip; to go off; to let one’s tongue run riot, to let out. Se — d’un cran; to give the slip.

lâcher, v.n., to slacken, to grow slack, to become slack, to grow loose, to become loose; to slip, to go off. Si le fusil vient à —; if the gun happens to go off.

lâcheté (lâsh-té), n.f., cowardice, dastardliness, baseness; base action; meanness, act of cowardice.

lâcheur, n.m., raftsman, wood-floater; (fig.) shabby, mean, cowardly fellow.

lacinié, -e, adj., (bot.) laciniate, laciniated, jagged.

laciniure, n.f., (bot.) jag.

lacis, n.m., net-work; (anat.) plexus.

lack, n.m., (—s) lac, lack. Un — de roupies; a lac of rupees (i.e., 100,000).

laconique, adj., laconic, laconical.

laconiquement (-nik-mān), adv., laconically; briefly, concisely.