lat

lat

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

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 the Asiatic Annual Register, p. 313:

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

• lât, lāt

Clipped form of latrine (q.v.).[3]

lat (plural lats)

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

• See Thesaurus:bathroom

From Latvian lats, a clipping of Latvija (“Latvia”)[4]

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

lat (plural lats)

1. (historical numismatics) 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. (historical numismatics) 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 (q.v.).[5]

lat (plural lats)

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

Clipping of latitude (q.v.).

• enPR: lăt, IPA^(key): /læt/

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• Rhymes: -æt

lat (plural lats)

1. (slang) latitude

• long

• lat.

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

• ATL, Alt, Alt., Atl., LTA, TLA, Tal, alt, 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-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō.

• IPA^(key): /lɑt/

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• Hyphenation: lat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

1. A slate, a lath.
2. A specifically, the common shortening of meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick.

• 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 Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter).

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

(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)

• (unit of measure): lat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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): /lat/

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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): /lat/

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

From Latin latus (“side”).

lat n (plural laturi)

1. the wide part of an object

• latură

• lățime

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

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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

lat c

1. (rare) A habit, custom

• vana

• divalater
• olat

• last

• tal

From Old Norse latr, from Proto-Germanic *lataz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːt/

  Rhymes: -áːt

lat (comparative latänä, superlative latest)

1. Lazy.

• latn
• latstöling