different between pats vs lats

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæts/

Noun

pats

1. plural of pat

Verb

pats

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

Anagrams

• APTS, APTs, ATSP, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, past, spat, stap, taps

Dutch

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

pats

1. clap, crash

Noun

pats m or f (plural patsen)

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French

Noun

pats m

1. plural of pat

Latvian

Pronoun

pats m

1. self

Declension

Synonyms

• pati f

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master, ruler; husband”).

Noun

pàts m stress pattern 4

1. husband
2. oneself/himself/myself/yourself only singular masculine

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 346

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