different between lath vs lati

English

Alternative forms

• lat, latt (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt (“lath”), from Proto-Germanic *latt?, *laþþ? (compare Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (compare Welsh llath (“rod, wand, yard”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

lath (plural laths)

1. A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:

     The rubble waits him, sloping up to broken rear walls in a clogging, an openwork of laths pointlessly chevroning-flooring, furniture, glass, chunks of plaster, long tatters of wallpaper, split and shattered joists […].

   • 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 21:

     Lanna says about wishing she was bigger in the chest and I goes that I had nothing to beat there and I was thin as a lat.

   Synonym: lath strap

Holonyms

• lattice

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Verb

lath (third-person singular simple present laths, present participle lathing, simple past and past participle lathed)

1. to cover or line with laths

Anagrams

• halt, thal

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

lati

1. rattan

Finnish

Noun

lati

1. lat (former Latvian unit of currency)
2. (idiomatic) penny (small amount of money), in the expression ei latin latia ("not a penny")

   Minulla ei ole latin latia.

   I don't have a penny.

Declension

Anagrams

• Ilta, ilta, lait, liat, tali, tila

Ilocano

Noun

lati

1. rust

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la.ti/

Adjective

lati

1. masculine plural of lato

Noun

lati m pl

1. plural of lato

Anagrams

• alti, tali

Kankanaey

Noun

lati

1. rust

Kayapa Kallahan

Noun

lati

1. rust

Latin

Adjective

l?t?

1. nominative masculine plural of l?tus
2. genitive masculine singular of l?tus
3. genitive neuter singular of l?tus
4. vocative masculine plural of l?tus

References

• lati in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Noun

lati m

1. nominative plural form of lats
2. vocative plural form of lats

Masbatenyo

Noun

lati

1. meadow

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.?t??i/

Verb

lati

1. first-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of latir
2. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of latir

Tagalog

Noun

lati

1. swamp; bog; marsh