Latine

See also: latine and latiné

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Latine (plural Latines)

1. Obsolete spelling of Latin.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio Society 2007, p. 428:

     Wherein to speak strictly, if by this word Grashopper, we understand that animal which is implied by τέττιξ with the Greeks, and by Cicada with the Latines; we may with safety affirm the picture is widely mistaken, and that for ought enquiry can inform, there is no such insect in England.

Proper noun

Latine

1. Obsolete spelling of Latin.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish latine (“Latine; Latino or Latina”). Gender-neutral e replaces the gendered endings/elements a and o.

Pronunciation

• /ləˈtineɪ/, /læˈtineɪ/ or as the full phrase "Latino and Latina"

Noun

Latine (plural Latines)

1. (rare) Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.

Adjective

Latine (not comparable)

1. Hispanic; Latino or Latina.

Synonyms

• Latinx, Latina/o, Latino/a

Anagrams

• entail

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French

Noun

Latine f (plural Latines)

1. Latin woman

See also

• latine

Anagrams

• alenti, enliât

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Latin

Adjective

Latīnē (comparative Latīnius, superlative Latīnissimē)

1. vocative masculine singular of Latīnus

References

• “Latine”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Latine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.