lat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lat"

English

Etymology 1

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

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.).

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”)

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

• lats sg

Hyponyms

• (¹/₁₀₀ lat): santim

Translations

former currency of Latvia

• Belarusian: лат m (lat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉特 (lātè)

• Estonian: latt
• Finnish: lati (fi)
• German: Lats m

• Japanese: ラッツ (rattsu)
• Latvian: lats m
• Lithuanian: latas m
• Polish: łat (pl) m
• Russian: лат (ru) m (lat)
• Ukrainian: лат m (lat)

Etymology 4

Clipping of latissimus (q.v.).

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

• long

See also

• lat.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

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

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• latu

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.

Adjective

lat

1. wide

Synonyms

• largu

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• 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

• alt, tal

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lactem, singular accusative of lac.

Noun

lat m (plural lats)

1. milk

Related terms

• latâ
• latâr
• latuie

See also

• molzi

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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

• latol

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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

• “lat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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

• “lat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lat̪]

Noun

lat

1. genitive of lata (years)

   Ile masz lat?

   How old are you?

2. Genitive plural of lato

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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

declension of lat

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lat		lată	lați	late
	definite	latul		lata	lații	latele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lat		late	lați	late
	definite	latului		latei	laților	latelor

Derived terms

• lăți

Etymology 2

From Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lat n (plural laturi)

1. the wide part of an object

Related terms

• latură

See also

• lățime

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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

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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

• vana

Derived terms

• olat

See also

• last