different between lats vs lais

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

Noun

lais

1. plural of lai

Anagrams

• Alis, Isla, LIAs, LISA, Lias, Lisa, SAIL, SiAl, ails, lias, sail, sial

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?

Noun

lais m

1. plural of lai

Galician

Etymology

From Old French lai (“song”), which have either a Germanic (confer Old High German leih, "a play, skit, melody, song") or Celtic origin (Old Irish laíd, "poem").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lajs/

Noun

lais m (plural laises)

1. (archaic) song

Derived terms

• laiar
• salaiar

References

• “lais” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “lais” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lais” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Gothic

Romanization

lais

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

Welsh

Noun

lais

1. Soft mutation of llais.

Mutation