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latter
English
Etymology
From Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?t'?(r), IPA(key): /?læt.?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?læt?.??/, [?læ?.?]
- (US) IPA(key): /?læt?.??/, [?læ?.?]
- Homophone: ladder (in accents with flapping)
- Rhymes: -æt?(r)
Adjective
latter (not comparable)
- Relating to or being the second of two items.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, "For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival.", National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.
- 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
- the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, "For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival.", National Geographic (March 2017)[1]
- Near (or nearer) to the end.
- In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
- 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania [...]?
- 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Antonyms
- aforesaid
- aforementioned
- former
Derived terms
- lattermost
Related terms
- latter-day
- latterly
- lattermath
- last, the superlative form of "latter"
Translations
Anagrams
- Tatler, rattle
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hlátr, from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), cognate with Norwegian lått, English laughter and German Gelächter. Derived from the verb *hlahjan? (“to laugh”), cf. Danish le, English laugh, German lachen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lad??]
Noun
latter c (singular definite latteren, not used in plural form)
- laughter
Inflection
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
latter
- (Jersey) to beat, spank, cane
Synonyms
- (to cane): codrer, donner la tchêne, vrédîndgi, vrier
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hlátr
Noun
latter m (definite singular latteren) (uncountable)
- laughter
- laugh
Synonyms
- lått (Nynorsk also)
Derived terms
References
- “latter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
latter From the web:
latten
English
Alternative forms
- laton
Etymology
From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic ???????? (l???n, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish alt?n, Old Turkic ????????????????? (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid ?????????? (alt?n, “gold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?læt?n/
Noun
latten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens)
- (archaic or historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
- Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets.
- gold latten
Anagrams
- Talent, antlet, latent, talent
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Noun
latten
- Plural form of lat
Anagrams
- talent
Middle English
Noun
latten
- Alternative form of latoun
latten From the web:
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