different between late vs fallen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Etymology

From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”).

Adjective

late (comparative later, superlative latest)

1. Near the end of a period of time.

2. Specifically, near the end of the day.

3. (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.

4. Not arriving until after an expected time.

5. Not having had an expected menstrual period.
6. (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Often used with "the"; see usage notes.)
7. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
8. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
9. (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

Usage notes

• (deceased): Late in this sense is unusual among English adjectives in that it qualifies named individuals (in phrases like the late Mary) without creating a contrast with another Mary who is not late. Contrast hungry: a phrase like the hungry Mary is usually only used if another Mary is under discussion who is not hungry.

Translations

Noun

late (plural lates)

1. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.

Antonyms

• early

Adverb

late (comparative later, superlative latest)

1. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.

2. Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.

3. Not long ago; just now.

Synonyms

• (past a designated time): belatedly; see also Thesaurus:belatedly
• (formerly): erenow; see also Thesaurus:formerly
• (not long ago): freshly; see also Thesaurus:recently

Translations

Derived terms

References

• 2009 April 3, Peter T. Daniels, "Re: Has 'late' split up into a pair of homonyms?", message-ID <bdb13686-a6e4-43cd-8445-efe353365394@l13g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, alt.usage.english and sci.lang, Usenet.

Anagrams

• EATL, ETLA, Elta, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., leat, tael, tale, teal, tela

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?t?/

Adjective

late

1. Inflected form of laat

Verb

late

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of laten

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.te/

Adjective

late

1. feminine plural of lato

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish lattia.

Noun

late (genitive lattien, partitive latettu)

1. floor

Latin

Adverb

l?t? (comparative l?tius, superlative l?tissim?)

1. broadly, widely
2. extensively
3. far and wide, everywhere
4. lavishly, to excess

Related terms

• l?tus

References

• late in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• late in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English læt, from Proto-West Germanic *lat.

Alternative forms

• laite, latte, lete, leate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?t/

Adjective

late

1. slow, sluggish, reluctant.

Descendants

• English: late
• Yola: laate

References

• “l?t(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English late.

Alternative forms

• lata, laite, latte, lete, læte, leate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?t(?)/

Adverb

late

1. slowly, reluctantly

Descendants

• English: late
• Yola: laate

References

• “l?t(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lát (“conduct, demeanour, voice, sound”, literally “let, letting, loss”) (from Proto-Germanic *l?tij? (“behaviour”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?id-, *l?y- (“to leave, let”). Cognate with Middle Low German l?t (“outward appearance, gesture, manner”), Old English l?tan (“to let”). More at let.

Noun

late

1. Manner; behaviour; outward appearance or aspect.
2. A sound; voice.
   • c 1275-1499, King Alexander

     Than have we liking to lithe the lates of the foules.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

late

1. definite singular and plural of lat

Etymology 2

From Old Norse láta

Verb

late (imperative lat, present tense later, passive lates, simple past lot, past participle latt, present participle latende)

1. to seem, appear
2. (also late som) to pretend

Derived terms

• årelate

References

• “late” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²l??t?/

Adjective

late

1. inflection of lat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Verb

late (present tense lèt, past tense lét, past participle late, passive infinitive latast, present participle latande, imperative lat)

1. Alternative form of la

Etymology 3

From Old Norse láta

Alternative forms

• lata

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²l??t?/

Verb

late (present tense lèt, past tense lét, past participle late, passive infinitive latast, present participle latande, imperative lat)

1. to seem, appear
2. (also late som) to pretend

Derived terms

• årelate

References

• “late” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

Adverbial form of læt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.te/

Adverb

late

1. late

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?la.t??i/

Verb

late

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of latir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of latir

Spanish

Verb

late

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of latir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of latir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of latir.

Swedish

Adjective

late

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of lat.

Anagrams

• leta

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??l?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?l?n/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?f?l?n/

Verb

fallen

1. past participle of fall

Adjective

fallen (not generally comparable, comparative more fallen, superlative most fallen)

1. Having dropped by the force of gravity.

   fallen raindrops

2. (literary) Killed in battle.

   to honor fallen soldiers

3. Having lost one's chastity.

   a fallen woman

   • 1991, Kelly Walsh, Nightshades and Orchids (?ISBN)

     "You make yourself out to be the fallenest of fallen women." Tilting her head toward Sharon, Debbie grinned. "Let's face it. There can't be winners without losers, and I'm a loser. But look at it this way. I make it possible for some other woman […]

4. Having collapsed.

   a fallen building

5. Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
   • 1913, John Bigelow, Retrospections of an Active Life: 1867-1871, page 397:

     That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]

Usage notes

• Rarely, the superlative form fallenest is encountered.

Synonyms

• (having collapsed): collapsed

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fallen (plural fallen)

1. (plural only) The dead.
2. (plural only) Casualties of battle or war.
3. (countable, Christianity) One who has fallen, as from grace.

Translations

Catalan

Verb

fallen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of fallar

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vallen, from Old High German fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallan?, from Proto-Indo-European *p?l-. Akin to Low German fallen, Dutch vallen, English fall, Danish falde, Dutch falla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?faln?/, /?fal?n/

Verb

fallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt, past tense fiel, past participle gefallen, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to fall; to drop
   • 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, ‘Gespenster’:

2. (intransitive, military) to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:

3. (intransitive) to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.

4. (intransitive) to become lower, to decrease, to decline

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (die in a war): im Feld bleiben

Derived terms

Further reading

• “fallen” in Duden online
• “fallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Low German

Alternative forms

• vallen (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Low German vallen, from Old Saxon fallan, from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, from Proto-Germanic *fallan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fal?n?/, /?fal??n/

Verb

fallen (past singular full, past participle fullen, auxiliary verb wesen)

1. (ergative) to fall, tumble

2. to happen

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb falle

Adjective

fallen (neuter singular fallent, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

Derived terms

• småfallen

References

• “fallen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb falle

Adjective

fallen (neuter singular falle, definite singular and plural falne)

1. fallen

Derived terms

• småfallen

References

• “fallen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

fallen

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of fallar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of fallar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of fallar.

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of falla.

Adjective

fallen

1. fallen

Declension

Noun

fallen

1. definite plural of fall

Anagrams

• fallne