different between laters vs taters

English

Etymology

Shortened from see you later, with hypocoristic -s (compare toodles from toodleloo and bye-byes from good-bye).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?le?t?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?le?t?z/

Interjection

laters

1. (slang) see you later; an expression used at parting.
   • 2001, Anna Maxted, Getting Over It [1]:

     But all she says is “Ring us if you want to go out this week. Laters!” and puts the phone down.

   • 2004, J J Connolly, Layer Cake [2]:

     ‘Shanks,’ says Trevor into his mobile, ‘we just gone down a snake. I’ll see ya tomorrow, laters.’

   • 2004, Thomas Neradin, Last Train [3]:

     You know where the money is and how much. Tell him the usual. Yep. Laters.

Translations

Anagrams

• Salter, Slater, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, ratels, resalt, salter, slater, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse

Swedish

Noun

laters

1. indefinite genitive plural of lat

Anagrams

• alster, arslet, laster, salter

English

Etymology 1

See tater

Noun

taters

1. plural of tater

Etymology 2

Shortened from potatoes in the mould

Adjective

taters (comparative more taters, superlative most taters)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Cold.

   Blimey, it's a bit taters this morning, innit?

Anagrams

• Rattes, Satter, Strate, Treats, at rest, atters, ratest, rattes, stater, tarest, taster, tetras, treats