laiton

laki (“law”) +‎ -ton (“-less”)

laiton (comparative laittomampi, superlative laittomin)

1. illegal, illegitimate, lawless, unlawful (contrary to or forbidden by law)
2. unlawful, illicit (not approved by law, but not invalid)
3. lawless, extralegal (not governed by any law)
4. lawless (not restrained by the law or by discipline)
5. (baseball, pesäpallo) foul

• lainvastainen

• laillinen

• laittomasti
• laittomuus

laiton

1. (baseball, pesäpallo) foul ball (ball that lands on foul territory)

• etulaiton
• sivulaiton
• takalaiton

laiton

1. Genitive singular form of laitto.

• alotin, lantio, latino, lointa, lotina, noilta, taloin

From Arabic لَاطُون‎ (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣‎ (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ‎ (altūn, “gold”)

• IPA^(key): /lɛ.tɔ̃/

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laiton m (uncountable)

1. Brass (the alloy).

• “laiton” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).