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Proper noun
dog Latin
- A phrase or jargon that imitates Latin, often by translating English words (or those of other languages) into Latin by conjugating or declining them.
- Synonyms: Canis Latinicus, cod Latin, hog Latin, macaronic Latin
- Poor-quality or erroneous Latin.
Translations
bad, erroneous Latin
- Afrikaans: kombuislatyn
- Dutch: potjeslatijn (nl) n (literally “jar Latin”)
- French: latin macaronique m, latin de cuisine (fr) m (literally “kitchen Latin”)
- German: Küchenlatein (de) n (literally “kitchen Latin”)
- Irish: Laidin bhacach f
- Italian: latino maccheronico m
- Polish: łacina kuchenna f (also used to mean "swearwords")
- Russian: кухонная латы́нь (kuxonnaja latýnʹ, literally “kitchen Latin”)
- Spanish: latín macarrónico m, latinajo (es) m
- Swedish: kökslatin (sv) n (literally “kitchen Latin”)
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