latitude
French
noun
Definitions
- expansion, breadth
- (geography) The distance from a place to the equator measured in degrees on the meridian; parallel viewing.
- (by extension) Different areas under a given temperature due to their greater or lesser distance from the equator.
- (astronomy) The angle with a plane parallel to the ecliptic, the straight line that passes through a heavenly body and a particular centre on this plane.
- freedom
Etymology
Derived from Latin lātitūdō (latitude, breadth, width).
Origin
Latin
lātitūdō
Gloss
latitude, breadth, width
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
幅
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- colatitude English
- geolatitude English
- heliolatitude English
- latitude English
- latitudinarian English
- midlatitude English
- palaeolatitude English
- paleolatitude English
- lātitūdō Latin
- latitudine Italian