lats

See also: läts, låts, and lats'

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi लाट (lāṭ) etc. + -s.

Noun

lats

  1. plural of lat: staves; pillars.

Etymology 2

Clipping of latrine (q.v.) + -s.[1]

Noun

lats pl (normally plural, singular lat)

  1. (Britain slang) Latrines: rudimentary or military facilities 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, from Latvija (“Latvia”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɑːts/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɑts/

Noun

lats

  1. plural of lat: the former currency or money of Latvia.
  2. (historical numismatics) Alternative form of lat (plural lati).

Etymology 4

A clipping of Latin latissimus + -s[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læts/

Noun

lats pl (normally plural, singular lat)

  1. (slang) The latissimus dorsi muscles.

Etymology 5

A clipping of latitude + -s.

Noun

lats

  1. plural of lat: latitude.

References

  1. ↑ "lat, n.³" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1976), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. ↑ "lat, n.⁴" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1997), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

Latvian

Pieci lati

Etymology

A reduced form of Latvija, first used in 1922 to name the new currency that replaced the Latvian rublis.

Pronunciation

(file)

Noun

lats m (1st declension)

  1. lats (monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014)
    pieci lati ― five lats
    papīra lats ― paper lats (i.e., bills, banknotes)
    lata kurss ― the exchange rate of the lats
    grāmata maksā divus latus ― the book costs two lats

Declension

Swedish

Noun

lats ?

  1. lats, currency of Latvia
  2. indefinite genitive singular of lat
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