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English

Etymology 1

From Hindi ??? (l??) etc. + -s.

Noun

lats

1. plural of lat: staves; pillars.

Etymology 2

Clipping of latrine (q.v.) + -s.

Noun

lats pl (normally plural, singular lat)

1. (Britain slang) Latrines: rudimentary or military facilities 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, from Latvija (“Latvia”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lats

1. plural of lat: the former currency or money of Latvia.
2. (historical numismatics) Alternative form of lat (plural lati).

Etymology 4

A clipping of Latin latissimus + -s

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læts/

Noun

lats pl (normally plural, singular lat)

1. (slang) The latissimus dorsi muscles.

Etymology 5

A clipping of latitude + -s.

Noun

lats

1. plural of lat: latitude.

References

Anagrams

• Alts, LTAs, SALT, Salt, TLAs, alts, last, salt, slat

Gothic

Romanization

lats

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Latvian

Etymology

A reduced form of Latvija, first used in 1922 to name the new currency that replaced the Latvian rublis.

Pronunciation

Noun

lats m (1st declension)

1. lats (monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014)

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lats m (definite singular latsen, indefinite plural latsar, definite plural latsane)

1. (numismatics) lats (currency of Latvia)

References

• “lats” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Latvian lats.

Noun

lats ?

1. lats, currency of Latvia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lats

1. indefinite genitive singular of lat

Anagrams

• last, salt, stal, tals

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?z

Noun

lags

1. plural of lag

Verb

lags

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lag

Anagrams

• GALS, gals, slag

Danish

Noun

lags n

1. indefinite genitive singular of lag
2. indefinite genitive plural of lag

Icelandic

Noun

lags

1. indefinite genitive singular of lag

Swedish

Noun

lags

1. indefinite genitive singular of lag
2. indefinite genitive plural of lag

Usage notes

• In the expression vara någon till lags, this is a genitive controlled by the preposition till (“to”)

Anagrams

• algs, glas, slag