latter
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See also: łatter
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”). Doublet of later; also, cognate with last, whose doublet is latest.
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: lăt'ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlæt.əɹ/, [ˈlæɾ.ɚ]
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: ladder (in accents with flapping)
- Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Adjective[edit]
latter (not comparable)
- Relating to or being the second of two items.
- March 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival.”, in National Geographic[1]:
- On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard:
- Near (or nearer) to the end.
- In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242:
- Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania […] ?
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- latter-day
- latterly
- lattermath
- last, the superlative form of "latter"
Translations[edit]
relating to or being the second of two items
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near (or nearer) to the end
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close (or closer) to the present time
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Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hlátr, from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), cognate with Norwegian lått, English laughter and German Gelächter. Derived from the verb *hlahjaną (“to laugh”), cf. Danish le, English laugh, German lachen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
latter c (singular definite latteren, not used in plural form)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of latter
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | latter | latteren |
genitive | latters | latterens |
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
latter
Synonyms[edit]
- (to cane): codrer, donner la tchêne, vrédîndgi, vrier
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
latter m (definite singular latteren) (uncountable)
Synonyms[edit]
- lått (Nynorsk also)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “latter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
latter
- to lath
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of latter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | latter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | lattant /la.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | latté /la.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | latte /lat/ |
lattes /lat/ |
latte /lat/ |
lattons /la.tɔ̃/ |
lattez /la.te/ |
lattent /lat/ |
imperfect | lattais /la.tɛ/ |
lattais /la.tɛ/ |
lattait /la.tɛ/ |
lattions /la.tjɔ̃/ |
lattiez /la.tje/ |
lattaient /la.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | lattai /la.te/ |
lattas /la.ta/ |
latta /la.ta/ |
lattâmes /la.tam/ |
lattâtes /la.tat/ |
lattèrent /la.tɛʁ/ | |
future | latterai /la.tʁe/ |
latteras /la.tʁa/ |
lattera /la.tʁa/ |
latterons /la.tʁɔ̃/ |
latterez /la.tʁe/ |
latteront /la.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | latterais /la.tʁɛ/ |
latterais /la.tʁɛ/ |
latterait /la.tʁɛ/ |
latterions /la.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
latteriez /la.tə.ʁje/ |
latteraient /la.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | latte /lat/ |
lattes /lat/ |
latte /lat/ |
lattions /la.tjɔ̃/ |
lattiez /la.tje/ |
lattent /lat/ |
imperfect2 | lattasse /la.tas/ |
lattasses /la.tas/ |
lattât /la.ta/ |
lattassions /la.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
lattassiez /la.ta.sje/ |
lattassent /la.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | latte /lat/ |
— | lattons /la.tɔ̃/ |
lattez /la.te/ |
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compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading[edit]
- “latter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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