latten
See also: Latten
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Etymology
From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).
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Noun
latten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens)
- (archaic or historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
- Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets.
- gold latten
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Noun
latten
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of lat
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Middle English
Noun
latten
- Alternative form of latoun
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