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See also: lay person

English

Alternative forms

lay person

Etymology

A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) +‎ person, along the lines of layman.

Noun

layperson (plural laypeople or laypersons)

A person who is not a cleric.
One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.
The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.

Synonyms

(one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject):

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject”):

Related terms

Translations

one who is not a cleric

Chinese:
Mandarin: 俗家 (zh) (sújiā)
Czech: laik (cs) m
Finnish: maallikko (fi)
French: laïc (fr) m, laïque (fr) f
German: Laie (de) m, Laiin (de) f
Greek: αμύητος (el) m (amýitos)
Irish: tuata m
Italian: laico (it) m, laica (it) f
Japanese: 俗人 (ja) (ぞくじん, zokujin)
Portuguese: leigo (pt) m, laico (pt) m
Russian: миря́нин (ru) m (mirjánin), миря́нка (ru) f (mirjánka)
Slovak: laik m
Spanish: lego (es) m, laico (es) m
Swahili: mlei
Thai: คฤหัสถ์ (th) (ká-rʉ́-hàt), ฆราวาส (th) (ká-raa-wâat)
Tocharian B: upāsake m, upāsakāñca f

one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject

Chinese:
Mandarin: 外行 (zh) (wàiháng)
Czech: laik (cs) m, neodborník m
Finnish: maallikko (fi), amatööri (fi)
French: profane (fr) m or f
Georgian: დილეტანტი (dileṭanṭi)
German: Laie (de) m, Laiin (de) f
Irish: tuata m
Italian: profano (it) m, profana (it) f
Japanese: 素人 (ja) (しろうと, shirōto)
Portuguese: leigo (pt) m
Russian: дилета́нт (ru) m (diletánt), дилета́нтка (ru) f (diletántka), люби́тель (ru) m (ljubítelʹ), люби́тельница (ru) f (ljubítelʹnica), профа́н (ru) m (profán)
Slovak: laik m, neodborník m
Swedish: lekman (sv) c
Turkish: uzman dışı biri, uzmanı olmayan biri, uzman dışı kimse, uzmanı olmayan kimse

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 {{also|lay person}}
 ==English==
+===Alternative forms===
+* {{alt|en|lay person}}
 ===Etymology===
+A {{com|en|lay#Etymology 3|t1=[[non-clergy]], [[nonclergy]]|person}}, along the lines of {{m|en|layman}}.
-{{compound|en|lay|person}}
 ===Noun===
 {{en-noun|laypeople|s}}
-# A person who is not a cleric.
+# A person who is not a [[cleric]].
 # One who is not [[intimately]] [[familiar]] with a given subject or [[activity]].
-#: ''The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent '''layperson''' could understand most of it.''
+#: {{ux|en|The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent '''layperson''' could understand most of it.}}
+====Synonyms====
+* {{s|one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject}}
+{{col4|en
+|nonexpert
+|nonspecialist
+}}
 ====Antonyms====
-* {{sense|one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject}} {{l|en|aficionado}}, {{l|en|expert}}, {{l|en|professional}}, {{l|en|specialist}}
+* {{as|one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject}}
+{{col4|en
+|aficionado
+|expert
+|professional
+|specialist
+}}
+====Related terms====
+{{col4|en
+|laity
+|lay
+|layman
+|laywoman
+}}
 ====Translations====
 {{trans-top|one who is not a cleric}}
 * Chinese:
-*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|俗家|tr=sújiā|sc=Hani}}
+*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|俗家|tr=sújiā}}
+* Czech: {{t+|cs|laik|m}}
 * Finnish: {{t+|fi|maallikko}}
 * French: {{t+|fr|laïc|m}}, {{t+|fr|laïque|f}}
-* German: {{t+|de|Laie|m}}
+* German: {{t+|de|Laie|m}}, {{t+|de|Laiin|f}}
+* Greek: {{t+|el|αμύητος|m}}
-{{trans-mid}}
-* Italian: {{t+|it|laico|m}}
+* Irish: {{t|ga|tuata|m}}
-* Japanese: {{t|ja|俗人|tr=ぞくじん, zokujin|sc=Jpan}}
+* Italian: {{t+|it|laico|m}}, {{t+|it|laica|f}}
+* Japanese: {{t+|ja|俗人|tr=ぞくじん, zokujin|sc=Jpan}}
+* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|leigo|m}}, {{t+|pt|laico|m}}
 * Russian: {{t+|ru|миря́нин|m}}, {{t+|ru|миря́нка|f}}
-* Spanish: {{t+|es|lego|m}}, {{t+|es|laico}}
+* Slovak: {{t|sk|laik|m}}
+* Spanish: {{t+|es|lego|m}}, {{t+|es|laico|m}}
-* Thai: {{t+|th|คฤหัสถ์|sc=Thai}}, {{t+|th|ฆราวาส|sc=Thai}}
+* Swahili: {{t|sw|mlei}}
+* Thai: {{t+|th|คฤหัสถ์}}, {{t+|th|ฆราวาส}}
+* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|upāsake|m}}, {{t|txb|upāsakāñca|f}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
 {{trans-top|one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject}}
 * Chinese:
-*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|外行|tr=wàiháng|sc=Hani}}
+*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|外行|tr=wàiháng}}
+* Czech: {{t+|cs|laik|m}}, {{t|cs|neodborník|m}}
 * Finnish: {{t+|fi|maallikko}}, {{t+|fi|amatööri}}
 * French: {{t+|fr|profane|m|f}}
 * Georgian: {{t|ka|დილეტანტი|sc=Geor}}
-* German: {{t+|de|Laie|m}}
+* German: {{t+|de|Laie|m}}, {{t+|de|Laiin|f}}
+* Irish: {{t|ga|tuata|m}}
-{{trans-mid}}
-* Italian: {{t+|it|profano|m}}
+* Italian: {{t+|it|profano|m}}, {{t+|it|profana|f}}
 * Japanese: {{t+|ja|素人|tr=しろうと, shirōto|sc=Jpan}}
 * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|leigo|m}}
 * Russian: {{t+|ru|дилета́нт|m}}, {{t+|ru|дилета́нтка|f}}, {{t+|ru|люби́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|люби́тельница|f}}, {{t+|ru|профа́н|m}}
+* Slovak: {{t|sk|laik|m}}, {{t|sk|neodborník|m}}
 * Swedish: {{t+|sv|lekman|c}}
 * Turkish: {{t|tr|uzman dışı biri}}, {{t|tr|uzmanı olmayan biri}}, {{t|tr|uzman dışı kimse}}, {{t|tr|uzmanı olmayan kimse}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
-===See also===
+====See also====
-* {{l|en|laity}}
+{{col4|en
+|amateur<!--Not so much synonymous as semantically adjacent and overlapping; amateurs can sometimes be experts, but they are not paid professionals.-->
-* {{l|en|lay}}
+}}
-* {{l|en|layman}}
-[[Category:English gender-neutral terms]]
+{{cln|en|gender-neutral terms|terms suffixed with -person}}
-[[et:layperson]]
+{{C|en|People}}
-[[fr:layperson]]
+{{cln|en|adjective-noun compound nouns}}
-[[ko:layperson]]
-[[hu:layperson]]
-[[pl:layperson]]
-[[ru:layperson]]
-[[fi:layperson]]
-[[tr:layperson]]
-[[zh:layperson]]