lat

lat

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Latin terms

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

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

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.

• lât, lāt, lath

Clipping of latrine.^[3]

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.

Borrowed from Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”).^[4]

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

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.

• lats sg

• (¹/₁₀₀ lat): santim

Clipping of latissimus.^[5]

lat (plural lats)

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

Clipping of latitude.

• enPR: lăt, IPA^(key): /læt/

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• Rhymes: -æt

lat (plural lats)

2. (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.

   Coordinate terms: lon, long

• lat.

• “lat” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

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

From Proto-Great Andamanese *lat.

lat

1. afraid

lat

1. fear

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

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

• IPA^(key): /lat/

lat (plural latte, diminutive latjie)

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

• kleilat

• latu

Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.

lat

1. wide

• largu

lat

1. genitive plural of lata

• IPA^(key): /lɑt/

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• Hyphenation: lat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

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

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

1. a slat, a lath
2. clipping of meetlat (“flat ruler, yardstick”)

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

Back-formation from latrelatie.

lat n (uncountable)

1. LAT (living apart together)

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

• alt, tal

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

lat m (plural lats)

1. milk

• latâ
• latâr
• latuie

• molzi

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒt]
• Rhymes: -ɒt

From German Lot.^[1][2]

lat (plural latok)

1. (archaic unit of measure) half an ounce

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

lat (plural latok)

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

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

From Old Norse latr.

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

1. lazy

lat

1. imperative of late

• “lat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse latr.

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

1. lazy

lat

1. imperative of late

• “lat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Middle High German latte (German Latte).

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫat/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlat/

lat f

1. bar

• Czech: lať

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “lat”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• IPA^(key): /lat/

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

lat

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

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

lat (triggers lenition)

1. with your sg

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat/

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: lat

lat n

1. genitive plural of lata (“years”)

   Ile masz lat? ― How old are you?

2. genitive plural of lato

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat/

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

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

• IPA^(key): /lat/

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

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

1. wide, broad

• lăți

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”).

lat n (plural laturi)

1. the wide part of an object

• latură

• lățime

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

lat (comparative latare, superlative latast)

1. lazy

   Sluta vara så lat och hjälp till

   Stop being so lazy and help out

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.

• lata sig
• latmask

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

lat c

1. (rare) A habit, custom

Mostly in the plural.

• vana

• divalater
• olat

• last

• 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)

• tal