latón

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Ligurian

Etymology

From Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself ultimately from Turkic, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (l¹t¹un¹, “gold”). Compare Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).

Pronunciation

Noun

latón m (invariable)

  1. brass (metal alloy)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈton/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: la‧tón

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself ultimately of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (l¹t¹un¹, “gold”). Compare Turkish altın, Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).

Noun

latón m (plural latones)

  1. brass
    Synonym: azófar

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *lotōnem, derived from Latin lotus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Coromines & Pascual posit that the Spanish word's unvoiced /-t-/ is due to borrowing from Aragonese, presumably meaning the Pyrenean varieties that did not lenite intervocalic Latin /p t k/.

Noun

latón m (plural latones)

  1. (colloquial) hackberry

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