English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lat ‎(plural lats)

1. (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly its Indian forms.
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.

Alternative forms

• lât, lāt

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lat ‎(plural lats)

1. (Britain slang, chiefly 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.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:bathroom

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• lats sg

Hyponyms

• (¹/₁₀₀ lat): santim

Translations

Etymology 4

Clipping of latissimus (q.v.).^[5]

Noun

lat ‎(plural lats)

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

Etymology 5

Clipping of latitude (q.v.).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lăt, IPA^(key): /læt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

lat ‎(plural lats)

1. (slang) latitude

Coordinate terms

• long

See also

• lat.

Anagrams

• alt, Alt
• ATL
• LTA
• Tal
• TLA

References

1. ↑ "lat, n.¹" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. ↑ "lāṭ लाट (f.)" &c. in the Transliterated Hindi–Hindi–English Dictionary, New Delhi: Allied Chambers.
3. ↑ "lat, n.³" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1976), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
4. ↑ "lat, n.²" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1933), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. ↑ "lat, n.⁴" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1997), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• latu

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lātus; cf. Romanian lat.

Adjective

lat

1. wide

Synonyms

• largu

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun

lat f ‎(plural latten, diminutive latje n)

1. A slate, lath
2. A specifically, the common shortening of meetlat: flat ruler, yardstick, notably used as spanking implement

References

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

Anagrams

• alt, tal

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lac, lactem.

Noun

lat m ‎(plural lats)

1. milk

Related terms

• latâ
• latâr

See also

• molzi

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒt]

Noun

lat ‎(plural latok)

1. (archaic, unit of measure) half an ounce

Declension

Derived terms

• latol

Lojban

Rafsi

lat

1. rafsi of mlatu.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse latr.

Adjective

lat

1. lazy

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lat̪]

Noun

lat

1. genitive of lata (years)

   Ile masz lat?

   How old are you?

2. Genitive plural of lato

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

1. wide, broad

Declension

Derived terms

• lăți

Etymology 2

From Latin latus ‎(“side”).

Noun

lat n ‎(plural laturi)

1. the wide part of an object

Related terms

• latură

See also

• lățime

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

lat

1. lazy

Declension

Derived terms

• lata sig

Noun

lat c

1. (rare) A habit, custom

Declension

Synonyms

• vana

Derived terms

• olat

See also

• last