lat
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lat"
Contents
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Hindi लाट (lāṭ, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), लाठ (lāṭh, “long staff; cudgel”), &c.[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
- (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly its Indian forms.
- (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, chiefly 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
former currency of Latvia
Etymology 4Edit
Clipping of latissimus (q.v.).[5]
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
Etymology 5Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
lat (plural lats)
Coordinate termsEdit
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
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
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.
AdjectiveEdit
lat
SynonymsEdit
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
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
LojbanEdit
NorwegianEdit
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
declension of lat
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/attributive | 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 an attributive role. |
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Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
lat c
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of lat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lat | laten | later | laterna |
| Genitive | lats | latens | laters | laternas |