lat

Translingual

Symbol

lat

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

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi लाट (lāṭ, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), लाठ (lāṭh, “long staff; cudgel”), etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

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 Asiatic Annual Register, page 313:

     A high pillar of stone called Bheem-lat, or the Tealee, or oilman's lat or staff.

Alternative forms

• lât, lāt

Etymology 2

Clipping of latrine.

Noun

lat (plural lats)

1. (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom

   • 1927, William Edward Collinson, Contemporary English, page 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, page 112:

     Other synonyms [sc. for lavatories] are rears, lats... and dubs.

Etymology 3

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Latvian lats

Wikipedia

Borrowed from Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɑːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɑt/

Noun

lat (plural lats)

1. (numismatics, historical) 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. (numismatics, historical) 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.

Synonyms

• lats sg

Hyponyms

• (¹/₁₀₀ lat): santim

Translations

Etymology 4

Clipping of latissimus.

Noun

lat (plural lats)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Clipping of latitude.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lăt, IPA^(key): /læt/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

lat (plural lats)

1. (slang) Latitude.

   Coordinate term: long

See also

• lat.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• ATL, Alt, Alt., Atl., LTA, TLA, Tal, alt, alt-, alt.

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *lat.

Adjective

lat

1. afraid

Noun

lat

1. fear

References

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 19 (2009)

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Noun

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 terms

• kleilat

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• latu

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.

Adjective

lat

1. wide

Synonyms

• largu

Czech

Noun

lat

1. genitive plural of lata

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑt/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: lat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

1. A slate, a lath.
2. A meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick.

Derived terms

• kuierlat
• meetlat

Descendants

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

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)

Anagrams

• alt, tal

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

Noun

lat m (plural lats)

1. milk

Related terms

• latâ
• latâr
• latuie

See also

• molzi

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From German Lot.

Noun

lat (plural latok)

1. (archaic unit of measure) half an ounce

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lat (plural latok)

1. lat (the floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro)

Declension

References

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse latr.

Adjective

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

1. lazy

Etymology 2

Verb

lat

1. imperative of late

References

• “lat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse latr.

Adjective

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

1. lazy

Etymology 2

Verb

lat

1. imperative of late

References

• “lat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

lat

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

Etymology 2

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

Determiner

lat (triggers lenition)

1. with your sg

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: lat

Noun

lat n

1. genitive plural of lata (“years”)

   Ile masz lat? ― How old are you?

2. genitive plural of lato

Romagnol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat/

Noun

lat m (plural lët)

1. milk

   Dêr e’ lat ― To breastfeed

   Tur e’ lat ― To wean

   Dént d’lat ― Milk teeth

   Fradël d’lat ― Foster brother

   E’ lat di vècc ― Literally, “The milk of the elder”, wine

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 331

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin lātus (“wide”), from earlier stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”).

Adjective

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

1. wide, broad

Declension

Derived terms

• lăți

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lat n (plural laturi)

1. the wide part of an object

Declension

Related terms

• latură

See also

• lățime

Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish later, from Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz, from Proto-Indo-European *lē(y)d-.

Adjective

lat (comparative latare, superlative latast)

1. lazy

   Sluta vara så lat och hjälp till

   Stop being so lazy and help out

Usage notes

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.

Declension

Derived terms

• lata sig
• latmask

Etymology 2

Derived from Middle Low German lāt. Doublet of låt. Compare origin of grannlåt.

Noun

lat c

1. (rare) A habit, custom

Usage notes

Mostly in the plural.

Declension

Synonyms

• vana

Derived terms

• divalater
• olat

See also

• last

Further reading

• lat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• later in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• later in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• later in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• tal