lat
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EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Hindi लाट (lāṭ, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), लाठ (lāṭh, “long staff; cudgel”), etc.[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
- (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
- 1801, "Miscellaneous Tracts" in the Asiatic Annual Register, p. 313:
- A high pillar of stone called Bheem-lat, or the Tealee, or oilman's lat or staff.
- 1801, "Miscellaneous Tracts" in the Asiatic Annual Register, p. 313:
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Clipped form of latrine (q.v.).[3]
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
- (Britain slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
SynonymsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”)[4]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
- (historical numismatics) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
- (historical numismatics) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
- A coin or bill of either currency.
SynonymsEdit
- lats sg
HyponymsEdit
- (1/100 lat): santim
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
Clipping of latissimus (q.v.).[5]
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
- (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
Etymology 5Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
Coordinate termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "lat, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "lāṭ लाट (f.)" &c. in the Transliterated Hindi–Hindi–English Dictionary, New Delhi: Allied Chambers.
- ^ "lat, n.³" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1976), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "lat, n.²" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1933), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "lat, n.⁴" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1997), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
AnagramsEdit
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.
AdjectiveEdit
lat
SynonymsEdit
CzechEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)
- A slate, lath
- A specifically, the common shortening of meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick, notably used as spanking implement
ReferencesEdit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
AnagramsEdit
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lactem, singular accusative of lac.
NounEdit
lat m (plural lats)
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lat (plural latok)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lat | latok |
| accusative | latot | latokat |
| dative | latnak | latoknak |
| instrumental | lattal | latokkal |
| causal-final | latért | latokért |
| translative | lattá | latokká |
| terminative | latig | latokig |
| essive-formal | latként | latokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | latban | latokban |
| superessive | laton | latokon |
| adessive | latnál | latoknál |
| illative | latba | latokba |
| sublative | latra | latokra |
| allative | lathoz | latokhoz |
| elative | latból | latokból |
| delative | latról | latokról |
| ablative | lattól | latoktól |
| Possessive forms of lat | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | latom | latjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | latod | latjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | latja | latjai |
| 1st person plural | latunk | latjaink |
| 2nd person plural | latotok | latjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | latjuk | latjaik |
Derived termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
lat (neuter singular lat, definite singular and plural late, comparative latere, indefinite superlative latest, definite superlative lateste)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
lat
- imperative of late
ReferencesEdit
- “lat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
lat (neuter singular lat or latt, definite singular and plural late, comparative latare, indefinite superlative latast, definite superlative lataste)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
lat
- imperative of late
ReferencesEdit
- “lat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin lātus (“wide”), from earlier stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”).
AdjectiveEdit
lat m, n (feminine singular lată, masculine plural lați, feminine and neuter plural late)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
lat n (plural laturi)
- the wide part of an object
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish later, from Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz, from Proto-Indo-European *lē(y)d-.
PronunciationEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
lat
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of lat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | lat | latare | latast |
| Neuter singular | latt | latare | latast |
| Plural | lata | latare | latast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | late | latare | lataste |
| All | lata | latare | lataste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
lat c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of lat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lat | laten | later | laterna |
| Genitive | lats | latens | laters | laternas |