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lato

lato

See also: läto and lǟtõ

Cebuano

Noun

lato

  1. The seaweed Caulerpa lentillifera used as food.

Esperanto

Noun

lato ‎(accusative singular laton, plural latoj, accusative plural latojn)

  1. lath, batten (plank of wood)

Finnish

Typical Finnish lato

Etymology

From a Germanic language, compare Swedish lada.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧to
  • Rhymes: -ɑto
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɑt̪o]

Noun

lato

  1. A hovel, barn (unheated inexpensively built roofed storage for agricultural equipment or products, especially hay).

Declension

Inflection of lato (Kotus type 1/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative lato ladot
genitive ladon latojen
partitive latoa latoja
illative latoon latoihin
singular plural
nominative lato ladot
accusative nom. lato ladot
gen. ladon
genitive ladon latojen
partitive latoa latoja
inessive ladossa ladoissa
elative ladosta ladoista
illative latoon latoihin
adessive ladolla ladoilla
ablative ladolta ladoilta
allative ladolle ladoille
essive latona latoina
translative ladoksi ladoiksi
instructive — ladoin
abessive ladotta ladoitta
comitative — latoineen

Usage notes

"Barn" may also mean navetta or other animal shelter.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlato/, [ˈl̺äː.t̪o̞]
  • Hyphenation: là‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin lātus ‎(“side”, “flank”).

Noun

lato m ‎(plural lati)

  1. side
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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

lato m ‎(feminine singular lata, masculine plural lati, feminine plural late)

  1. (literary, rare) wide, broad
  2. (literary, figuratively, of a meaning) broad
    In senso lato.‎ ― In a broad sense.
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Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto ‎(“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Noun

lato n

  1. summer

Latin

Adjective

lātō

  1. dative masculine singular of lātus
  2. dative neuter singular of lātus
  3. ablative masculine singular of lātus
  4. ablative neuter plural of lātus

References

  • LATO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • lato in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • lato in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěto ‎(“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlatɔ]

Noun

lato n

  1. summer (hottest season of the year)

Declension

See also

Seasons in Polish · pory roku (layout · text)
wiosna ‎(“spring”) lato ‎(“summer”) jesień ‎(“autumn”) zima ‎(“winter”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin lātus ‎(“wide”), from earlier stlātus ‎(“stretched out, extended”).

Adjective

lato m ‎(feminine singular lata, masculine plural latos, feminine plural latas, comparable)

  1. broad, wide
    • 2015, Joana Rita, Café Central, Revista Gerador Numero 3, page 45
      Alexandre, mas o conceito de arte não é suficientemente lato para que caibas nele?
      Alexandre, but isn't the concept of art so broad that you could fit into it?
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

lato

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of latir

Spanish

Verb

lato

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of latir.

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