lat

lat

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Latin.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Latin terms

Borrowed from Hindi लाट (lāṭ, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), लाठ (lāṭh, “long staff; cudgel”), etc.^[1][2]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt

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 Asiatic Annual Register, page 313:

     A high pillar of stone called Bheem-lat, or the Tealee, or oilman's lat or staff.

• lât, lāt

Clipping of latrine.^[3]

lat (plural lats)

1. (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom

   • 1927, William Edward Collinson, Contemporary English, page 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, page 112:

     Other synonyms [sc. for lavatories] are rears, lats... and dubs.

Borrowed from Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”).^[4]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɑːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɑt/

lat (plural lats)

1. (numismatics, historical) 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. (numismatics, historical) 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.

• lats sg

• (¹/₁₀₀ lat): santim

Clipping of latissimus.^[5]

lat (plural lats)

1. (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.

Clipping of latitude.

• enPR: lăt, IPA^(key): /læt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -æt

lat (plural lats)

2. (geography, informal) Short for latitude.

   Coordinate terms: lon, long

• lat.

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

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

From Proto-Great Andamanese *lat.

lat

1. afraid

lat

1. fear

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 19 (2009)

From Dutch lat, from Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō.

• IPA^(key): /lat/

lat (plural latte, diminutive latjie)

1. A slate, a lath.
2. (informal) A chap, a bloke, a dude.
3. (informal) A penis, a dick.

• kleilat

• latu

Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.

lat

1. wide

• largu

lat

1. genitive plural of lata

From Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō.

• IPA^(key): /lɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

1. a slate, a lath
2. a meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick

• kuierlat
• meetlat

• Afrikaans: lat
• → Aukan: lati
• → Saramaccan: láta
• → Sranan Tongo: lati
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: láti
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lati

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

• alt, tal

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

lat m (plural lats)

1. milk

• latâ
• latâr
• latuie

• molzi

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒt]
• Rhymes: -ɒt

From German Lot.^[1][2]

lat (plural latok)

1. (archaic unit of measure) half an ounce

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
non-attributive possessive - singular	laté	latoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	latéi	latokéi

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lat (plural latok)

1. lat (the floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro)

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
non-attributive possessive - singular	laté	latoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	latéi	latokéi

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

• (unit of measure): lat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Old Norse latr.

lat (neuter singular lat, definite singular and plural late, comparative latere, indefinite superlative latest, definite superlative lateste)

1. lazy

lat

1. imperative of late

• “lat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse latr.

lat (neuter singular lat or latt, definite singular and plural late, comparative latare, indefinite superlative latast, definite superlative lataste)

1. lazy

lat

1. imperative of late

• “lat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Univerbation of la (“with”) +‎ tú (“you sg”)

lat

1. second-person singular of la (“with”)

Univerbation of la (“with”) +‎ do (“your sg”)

lat (triggers lenition)

1. with your sg

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: lat

lat n

1. genitive plural of lata (“years”)

   Ile masz lat? ― How old are you?

2. genitive plural of lato

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat/

lat m (plural lët)

1. milk

   Dêr e’ lat ― To breastfeed

   Tur e’ lat ― To wean

   Dént d’lat ― Milk teeth

   Fradël d’lat ― Foster brother

   E’ lat di vècc ― Literally, “The milk of the elder”, wine

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 331

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Inherited from Latin lātus (“wide”), from earlier stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”).

lat m or n (feminine singular lată, masculine plural lați, feminine and neuter plural late)

1. wide, broad

• lăți

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”).

lat n (plural laturi)

1. the wide part of an object

• latură

• lățime

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From Old Swedish later, from Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz, from Proto-Indo-European *lē(y)d-.

lat (comparative latare, superlative latast)

1. lazy

   Sluta vara så lat och hjälp till

   Stop being so lazy and help out

Both lat and slö can often be translated as lazy. Lat tends towards laziness out of choice, while slö tends towards laziness due to lacking energy. The difference can be subtle though.

• lata sig
• latmask

Derived from Middle Low German lāt. Doublet of låt. Compare origin of grannlåt.

lat c

1. (rare) A habit, custom

Mostly in the plural.

• vana

• divalater
• olat

• last

• lat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lat in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• later in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• later in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• later in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• tal