lats

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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

Template:en-plural noun

  1. (UK 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

Etymology 3

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian lats, from Latvija (“Latvia”).

Pronunciation

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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/
  • Audio (AU):(file)

Noun

Template:en-plural noun

  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

Audio:(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

Declension of lats (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) lats lati
accusative (akuzatīvs) latu latus
genitive (ģenitīvs) lata latu
dative (datīvs) latam latiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) latu latiem
locative (lokatīvs) latā latos
vocative (vokatīvs) lat lati

Swedish

Noun

lats ?

  1. lats, currency of Latvia
  2. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of lat

Anagrams

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