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Latin

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Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
  2. Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
  3. Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
  4. Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
  5. Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
  6. Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
  7. Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
name
  1. The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
  2. The Latin alphabet or writing system.
  3. The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.
noun
  1. A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
  2. A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BC inhabited the region known as Old Latium.
  3. A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
  4. A person from Latin America.
  5. A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.
name
  1. A surname from Middle English.

Pronunciation

lătʹĭn /ˈlæt.ɪn/ [ˈlæt.n̩] [ˈlæʔ.n̩] en-us-Latin.ogg /ˈlɛt.ən/

Word forms

Latin Latins

Etymology

From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladin and Ladino.

Synonyms

Roman Latian Romance Latin American Latino Catholic Roman Catholic Latial

Related words

Latinity Latino Latium latus Lazio Wiktionary’s coverage of Latin terms

Derived words

Latin-1 Latin alphabet Latin America Latin cross Latin grammar school Latin hip-hop Latin Quarter Latin school Latin script Latin square Latin time Traditional Latin Mass Vulgar Latin African Latin Anglo-Latin apothecary's Latin cod Latin hog Latin Latinate Latiner Latinisation Latinise Latinism Latinist Latinization Latinize Latin name law Latin macaronic Latin mock Latin neo-Latin pig Latin Sir John Lack-Latin

Translations

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