latter

See also: łatter

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lăt'ə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/

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• Homophone: ladder (some accents)
• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

Etymology

From Old English lætra, comparative form of læt ‎(“late”).

Adjective

latter ‎(not comparable)

1. Relating to or being the second of two items.
   • I. Watts

     the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior

2. Near (or nearer) to the end.
3. Close (or closer) to the present time.
   • John Locke

     Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania?

Antonyms

• aforesaid
• aforementioned
• former

Translations

relating to or being the second of two items

• Catalan: segon (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後者 (zh), 后者 (zh) ‎(hòuzhě)

• Dutch: laatstgenoemde
• Finnish: jälkimmäinen (fi)
• French: dernier (fr) (usually preceded by the determiner ce)
• German: letzterer (de), zweiter (de)
• Italian: secondo (it) m
• Japanese: 後者 ‎(こうしゃ, kōsha)
• Korean: 후자 (ko) ‎(huja)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sistnevnt

  Nynorsk: sistnemnd

• Persian: دومی (fa) ‎(dovvomi)
• Polish: drugi (z dwóch)
• Portuguese: segundo (pt)
• Russian: второ́й (ru) ‎(vtorój)
• Spanish: segundo (es) m, éste (es) m, ésta (es) f
• Swedish: andra (sv), senare (sv)

near (or nearer) to the end

• Dutch: laatste (nl)
• French: dernier (fr) (usually preceded by the determiner ce)
• German: letztere (de)
• Hungarian: utóbbi
• Maori: mātāmuri

• Norwegian: sist (no)
• Polish: późniejszy, końcowy (pl), ostatni (pl) m
• Russian: после́дний (ru) ‎(poslédnij)
• Spanish: último (es) m, este último m, esta última f

close (or closer) to the present time

• Dutch: jongstleden (nl), dichtsbijzijnde
• French: dernier (fr)
• German: letzter (de)
• Hungarian: későbbi (hu)

• Polish: ostatni (pl) m
• Russian: после́дний (ru) ‎(poslédnij), более поздний (bóleje pózdnij)
• Spanish: último (es)

Derived terms

• lattermost

Related terms

• latter-day
• latterly
• lattermath
• last, the superlative form of "latter"

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: letters · history · master · #590: latter · fellow · hardly · wind

Anagrams

• rattle
• tarlet
• Tatler

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Norman

Verb

latter

1. (Jersey) to beat, spank, cane

Synonyms

• (to cane): codrer, donner la tchêne, vrédîndgi, vrier

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hlátr

Noun

latter m ‎(definite singular latteren) (uncountable)

1. laughter
2. laugh

   en god latter - a good laugh

Derived terms

• latterlig

References

• “latter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.