lat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lat"

English

Etymology 1

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

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 the Asiatic Annual Register, p. 313:
      A high pillar of stone called Bheem-lat, or the Tealee, or oilman's lat or staff.
Alternative forms
  • lât, lāt

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lat (plural lats)

  1. (Britain 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.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:bathroom

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Translations

Etymology 4

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

Noun

lat (plural lats)

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

Etymology 5

Clipping of latitude (q.v.).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lat (plural lats)

  1. (slang) latitude
Coordinate terms
See also

References

  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

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.

Adjective

lat

  1. wide

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

  1. A slate, lath
  2. A specifically, the common shortening of meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick, notably used as spanking implement

References

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

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lactem, singular accusative of lac.

Noun

lat m (plural lats)

  1. milk

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɒt]

Noun

lat (plural latok)

  1. (archaic, unit of measure) half an ounce

Declension

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
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 terms

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

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lat̪]

Noun

lat

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lat/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. wide, broad
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lat n (plural laturi)

  1. the wide part of an object
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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Adjective

lat

  1. lazy

Declension

Inflection of lat
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lat latare latast
Neuter singular latt latare latast
Plural lata 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.

Derived terms

  • lata sig

Noun

lat c

  1. (rare) A habit, custom

Declension

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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