dog Latin

English

Alternative forms

• Dog Latin, dog latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Chambers 1908 links it to doggerel.”)

Proper noun

dog Latin

1. Bad, erroneous Latin.

Synonyms

• macaronic Latin
• Canis Latinicus

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

See also

• pig Latin

• cod Latin
• hog Latin
• mock Latin

Anagrams

• antigold, toadling