Lay

"Lay" in French

laïque

(non-clergy)

coup

(casual sexual partner)

lai

(poem written in octosyllabic couplets)

coucher

(to place something down in a position of rest)

mettre

(to place something down in a position of rest)

pondre

(to deposit an egg)

poser

(to place something down in a position of rest)

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