Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

layfolk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lay-folk
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

laypeople

Etymology

From lay + folk.

Questions

What does layfolk mean?
laypeople
Where does layfolk come from?
From lay + folk.

How to pronounce layfolk

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