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English

Etymology 1

From Hindi ??? (l??, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), ??? (l??h, “long staff; cudgel”), etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

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.

Alternative forms

• lât, l?t

Etymology 2

Clipped form of latrine (q.v.).

Noun

lat (plural lats)

1. (Britain 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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bathroom

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l?t/

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.).

Noun

lat (plural lats)

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

Etymology 5

Clipping of latitude (q.v.).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?t, IPA^(key): /læt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

lat (plural lats)

1. (slang) latitude

Coordinate terms

• long

See also

• lat.

References

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

Anagrams

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

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *lat

Adjective

lat

1. afraid

Noun

lat

1. fear

References

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lat, from Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *latt?, *laþþ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Noun

lat (plural latte, diminutive latjie)

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

Derived terms

• kleilat

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• latu

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin l?tus; cf. Romanian lat.

Adjective

lat

1. wide

Synonyms

• largu

Czech

Noun

lat

1. genitive plural of lata

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch *latta, from Proto-Germanic *latt?, *laþþ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t/
• Hyphenation: lat
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

lat f (plural latten, diminutive latje n)

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

Derived terms

• meetlat

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lat

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

Noun

lat m (plural lats)

1. milk

Related terms

• latâ
• latâr
• latuie

See also

• molzi

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?t]
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From German Lot.

Noun

lat (plural latok)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lat (plural latok)

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

Declension

References

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse latr.

Adjective

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

1. lazy

Etymology 2

Verb

lat

1. imperative of late

References

• “lat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse latr.

Adjective

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

1. lazy

Etymology 2

Verb

lat

1. imperative of late

References

• “lat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

lat

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

Etymology 2

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

Determiner

lat (triggers lenition)

1. with your sg

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Noun

lat n

1. genitive plural of lata (“years”)

2. genitive plural of lato

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Etymology 1

From Latin l?tus (“wide”), from earlier stl?tus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh?- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh?- (“broad”).

Adjective

lat m or n (feminine singular lat?, masculine plural la?i, feminine and neuter plural late)

1. wide, broad

Declension

Derived terms

• l??i

Etymology 2

From Latin latus (“side”).

Noun

lat n (plural laturi)

1. the wide part of an object

Related terms

• latur?

See also

• l??ime

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

lat (comparative latare, superlative latast)

1. lazy

Declension

Derived terms

• lata sig

Noun

lat c

1. (rare) A habit, custom

Declension

Synonyms

• vana

Derived terms

• olat

See also

• last

Anagrams

• tal

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?t/

  Rhymes: -á?t

Adjective

lat (comparative latänä, superlative latest)

1. Lazy.

Derived terms

• latn
• latstöling

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese laca, from Persian ???? (l?k), from Hindi ??? (l?kh)/Urdu ????? (l?kh), from Sanskrit ?????? (l?k??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læk/

Noun

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lac (plural lacs)

1. Alternative spelling of lakh

Etymology 3

From Cadillac.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /læk/

Noun

lac (plural lacs)

1. (slang) Short for Cadillac.
   • 1992, Big Mello, Bone Hard Zaggin, Rap-A-Lot Records, track 5. "Mac's Drive 'Lac's"

     Macs drive lacs.

Synonyms

• (Cadillac): caddie, caddy

Etymology 4

From laceration.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /læs/

Noun

lac (countable and uncountable, plural lacs)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Laceration.

   hand lac

Anagrams

• ACL, CLA, Cal, Cal., LCA, alc, cal, cal.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac

1. lake

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac m

1. lake

French

Etymology

From Old French lac, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Romanian lac, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Homophones: lacs, laque, laquent, laques

Noun

lac m (plural lacs)

1. lake

Derived terms

• Grands Lacs

Further reading

• “lac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ACL

K'iche'

Noun

lac

1. (Classical K'iche') plate

Latin

Alternative forms

• lacte
• lact

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dlakts, from Proto-Indo-European *?lákt n (gen. *?laktós) (compare Ancient Greek ???? (gála, “milk”), Old Armenian ???? (kat?n), Albanian dhallë (“buttermilk”), Waigali z?r (“milk”), Hittite [script needed] (galaktar, “balm, resin”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lak/, [??äk]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lak/, [l?k]

Noun

lac n sg (genitive lactis); third declension

1. milk

2. for something sweet, pleasant

3. milky juice
   • c. 1st century BCE, Anonymous (formerly misattributed to Ovid), Nux

     Lamina mollis adhuc tenero dum lacte, quod intro est,
     nec mala sunt ulli nostra futura bono.

     As their nutshell still remains soft with something tenderly milky inside,
     my future fruits are not good to anyone.

4. (poetic) milk-white color

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

Derived terms

• ? lacte c?n?sque (“from the cradle, from infancy”)
• lac pressum (“cheese”)
• tam similem, quam lactis (“as like as one egg is to another”)
• qui plus lactis quam sanguinis habet (“of tender age”)

Descendants

References

• lac in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lac in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lac in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French lac, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac m (plural lacs)

1. (Jersey, geography) lake

Old English

Alternative forms

• læc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laik?, from *laiko- (“play”), compare *laikan?. Cognates include Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”), Swedish leka (“to play”)), Gothic ???????????????????? (laiks, “dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??k/

Noun

l?c n or f

1. play, sport
2. battle, strife
3. gift, offering, sacrifice, booty; message

Declension

when neuter

when feminine

Derived terms

• heaþol?c

Related terms

• -l?c
• l?can
• l??an

Descendants

• Middle English: lake, lak, lac
  • English: lake (dialectal)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lac m (oblique plural las, nominative singular las, nominative plural lac)

1. lake

Descendants

• French: lac
• Norman: lac (Jersey)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh?g-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?a?/

Adjective

lac

1. weak, feeble
2. (hair) soft, smooth

Derived terms

• lacaid
• lacatus

Descendants

• Irish: lag
• Manx: lag
• Scottish Gaelic: lag

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “lac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Compare Aragonese laco, Catalan llac, Esperanto lago, French lac, Italian lago, Maltese lag, Portuguese lago, Sardinian lagu, Spanish lago.

Noun

lac n (plural lacuri)

1. lake

Declension

Derived terms

• l?cos

Romansch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lac m

1. paint

Synonyms

• vernisch (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader), verneisch (Surmiran)

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• laj
• laz

Etymology

Compare Middle Armenian ??? (la?).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Zazaki) IPA^(key): [?l?dz]
• (Southern Zazaki) IPA^(key): [?l?d?]
• Hyphenation: lac

Noun

lac m

1. son

2. boy

References