Wiktionary

lat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lat"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

lat

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Latin.

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Hindi लाट (lāṭ, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), लाठ (lāṭh, “long staff; cudgel”), etc.[1][2]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lat (plural lats)

  1. (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
  2. (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.
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Clipped form of latrine (q.v.).[3]

NounEdit

lat (plural lats)

  1. (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
    • 1927, William Edward Collinson, Contemporary English, p. 92:
      At Salisbury Plain and Camberley in 1909/10 I learnt a number of camping expressions like... lats (latrines).
    • 1940, M. Marples, Public School Slang, p. 112:
      Other synonyms [sc. for lavatories] are rears, lats... and dubs.
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

 
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From Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”)[4]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lat (plural lats)

  1. (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.
  2. (historical numismatics) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
  3. A coin or bill of either currency.
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TranslationsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

Clipping of latissimus (q.v.).[5]

NounEdit

lat (plural lats)

  1. (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.

Etymology 5Edit

Clipping of latitude (q.v.).

PronunciationEdit

  • enPR: lăt, IPA(key): /læt/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æt

NounEdit

lat (plural lats)

  1. (slang) latitude
Coordinate termsEdit
See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "lat, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ "lāṭ लाट (f.)" &c. in the Transliterated Hindi–Hindi–English Dictionary, New Delhi: Allied Chambers.
  3. ^ "lat, n.³" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1976), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ "lat, n.²" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1933), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  5. ^ "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

A-PucikwarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Great Andamanese *lat.

AdjectiveEdit

lat

  1. afraid

NounEdit

lat

  1. fear

ReferencesEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch lat, from Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lat (plural latte, diminutive latjie)

  1. A slate, a lath.
  2. (informal) A chap, a bloke, a dude.
  3. (informal) A penis, a dick.

Derived termsEdit

AromanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.

AdjectiveEdit

lat

  1. wide

SynonymsEdit

CzechEdit

NounEdit

lat

  1. genitive plural of lata

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

  1. A slate, a lath.
  2. A specifically, the common shortening of meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: lat
  • → Saramaccan: láta
  • → Sranan Tongo: lati
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: láti
    • → Caribbean Javanese: lati

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 Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter).

NounEdit

lat m (plural lats)

  1. milk

Related termsEdit

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HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From German Lot.[1][2]

NounEdit

lat (plural latok)

  1. (archaic, unit of measure) half an ounce
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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		laté latoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		latéi latokéi
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
Expressions

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

lat (plural latok)

  1. lat (the floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro)
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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		laté latoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		latéi latokéi
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

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ lat in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ lat in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further readingEdit

  • (unit of measure): lat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse latr.

AdjectiveEdit

lat (neuter singular lat, definite singular and plural late, comparative latere, indefinite superlative latest, definite superlative lateste)

  1. lazy

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

lat

  1. imperative of late

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse latr.

AdjectiveEdit

lat (neuter singular lat or latt, definite singular and plural late, comparative latare, indefinite superlative latast, definite superlative lataste)

  1. lazy

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

lat

  1. imperative of late

ReferencesEdit

Old IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Univerbation of la (“with”) +‎ tú (“you sg”)

PronounEdit

lat

  1. second-person singular of la (“with”)

Etymology 2Edit

Univerbation of la (“with”) +‎ do (“your sg”)

DeterminerEdit

lat (triggers lenition)

  1. with your sg

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

lat n

  1. genitive plural of lata (“years”)
    Ile masz lat? ― How old are you?
  2. genitive plural of lato

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 or n (feminine singular lată, masculine plural lați, feminine and neuter plural late)

  1. wide, broad
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lat
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite lat lată lați late
definite latul lata lații latele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite lat late lați late
definite latului latei laților latelor
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin latus (“side”).

NounEdit

lat n (plural laturi)

  1. the wide part of an object
DeclensionEdit
Declension of lat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lat latul (niște) laturi laturile
genitive/dative (unui) lat latului (unor) laturi laturilor
vocative latule laturilor
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

AdjectiveEdit

lat (comparative latare, superlative latast)

  1. lazy
    Sluta vara så lat och hjälp till
    Stop being so lazy and help out

Usage notesEdit

Both lat and slö can often be translated as lazy. Lat tends towards laziness out of choice, while slö tends towards laziness due to lacking energy. The difference can be subtle though.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of lat
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lat latare latast
Neuter singular latt latare latast
Plural lata latare latast
Masculine plural3 late 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.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

lat c

  1. (rare) A habit, custom

DeclensionEdit

Declension of lat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lat laten later laterna
Genitive lats latens laters laternas

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

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AnagramsEdit

WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

lat (comparative latänä, superlative latest)

  1. Lazy.

Derived termsEdit

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