Latin
English
/ˈlæt.ɪn/, /ˈlæt.n̩/
adj
Definitions
- Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium which is rarely used.
- Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
- Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
- Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
- Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
- Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
- (Christianity) Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Latyn inherited from Old English Latin derived from Old French latin (Latin) derived from Latin latīnus (Latin).
Origin
Latin
latīnus
Gloss
Latin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Anglo-Latin English
- Latinate English
- Latindom English
- Latiner English
- Latinhood English
- Latinisation English
- Latinism English
- Latinist English
- Latinistic English
- Latinization English
- Latinize English
- Latinly English
- Latinness English
- Latino- English
- Neo-Latin English
- delatinization English
- lack English
- lack-latin English
- Latinius Latin
- Latīnus Latin
- latine Latin
- latīnus Latin
- latin French
- ladino Spanish, Castilian
- latino Spanish, Castilian
- latinoamericano Spanish, Castilian
- Latin Old English
- latin Old English
- Latyn Middle English
- latin Old French
- लातिनी Hindi
- latin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Latn Translingual
- latīnis Latvian
- Latin Malay
- လက်တင် Burmese
- latin Middle French
- 拉丁 Chinese
- Kilatini Swahili
- latin Occitan
- ladin Ladin