lats

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈlæts/

Noun

lats (plural lati)

1. (plural only, informal) The latissimus dorsi muscles.
2. The currency of Latvia, divided into 100 santims.

Translations

lat — see lat

Anagrams

• last
• salt
• slat

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Latvian

Pieci lati

Etymology

A reduced form of Latvija, first used in 1922 to name the new currency that replaced the Latvian rublis.

Pronunciation

Noun

lats m, 1st declension

1. lats (monetary unit of Latvia since 1993)

   pieci lati — five lats

   papīra lats — paper lats (i.e., bills, banknotes)

   lata kurss — the exchange rate of the lats

   grāmata maksā divus latus — the book costs two lats

Declension

declension of lats

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	lats	lati
accusative (akuzatīvs)	latu	latus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	lata	latu
dative (datīvs)	latam	latiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	latu	latiem
locative (lokatīvs)	latā	latos
vocative (vokatīvs)	lat	lati

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Swedish

Noun

lats

1. lats, currency of Latvia
2. indefinite genitive singular of lat