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Latin

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English

Etymology

From Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (“adjective suffix”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Latin (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient Rome.
  2. Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
  3. Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
  4. Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
  5. Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
  6. Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Latin

  1. The language of the ancient Romans; Classical Latin.

Usage notes

Latin does not generally take an article, when referring to the Latin language. However, in the past (through the 19th century) this was common (e.g., “To what languages does lingua belong?”, answered by “The Latin.”), and in some contexts is still used (“I read the text in the Latin [language, edition].”). This mirrors French use, where the language does take the article, as in “Je parle le Latin” (I speak Latin).

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

language of the ancient Romans
  • Arabic: اللاتِينِيّة ar(ar) (al-latiníyya) f., لاتيني ar(ar) (latiiniy) m.
  • Armenian: լատիներեն hy(hy) (latineren)
  • Belarusian: лацінская be(be) (lacínskaja) f., лаціна be(be) (lacína) f.
  • Bulgarian: латински език bg(bg) (latínski ezík) m., латински bg(bg) (latínski) m.
  • Catalan: llatí
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 拉丁語 cmn(cmn), 拉丁语 cmn(cmn) (Lādīngyǔ)
  • Czech: latina cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: latin da(da)
  • Dutch: Latijn nl(nl)
  • Esperanto: Latino eo(eo)
  • Finnish: latina fi(fi)
  • French: latin fr(fr) m.
  • German: Latein de(de) n., Lateinisch de(de) n.
  • Greek: λατινικά el(el) (latiniká) n. pl.
  • Hebrew: לטינית he(he) (lātinit) f.
  • Hindi: लैटिन hi(hi) (laiṭin), लातिन hi(hi) (lātin), लातिन भाषा hi(hi) (lātin bhāṣā) f.
  • Hungarian: latin hu(hu)
  • Interlingua: latino
  • Irish: Laidin ga(ga)
  • Italian: latino it(it) m.
  • Japanese: ラテン語 ja(ja) (Raten-go) (obsolete: 拉丁語 ja(ja))
  • Korean: 라틴어 ko(ko) (Latin-eo)
  • Latin: lingua Latina la(la) f., latine la(la)
  • Latvian: latīņu valoda f.
  • Lithuanian: lotynų kalba lt(lt)
  • Macedonian: латински mk(mk) (látinski) m.
  • Navajo: Léétin bizaad
  • Persian: زبان لاتین fa(fa), لاتین fa(fa)
  • Polish: język łaciński pl(pl) m., łacina pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: latim pt(pt) m.
  • Romanian: limbă latină ro(ro) f., latină ro(ro) f.
  • Russian: латинский язык ru(ru) (latínskij jazýk) m., латынь ru(ru) (latýn’) f.
  • Serbo-Croatian: латински језик m., latinski jezik m., ла̀тӣнскӣ m., làtīnskī m., латинштина f., latínština f.
  • Slovak: latinčina sk(sk) f.
  • Slovene: latinščina sl(sl) f.
  • Spanish: latín es(es)
  • Swedish: latin sv(sv) n.
  • Thai: ภาษาละติน th(th) (paa-săa lá-dtin), ละติน th(th) (lá-dtin)
  • Turkish: Latince tr(tr)
  • Ukrainian: латинська uk(uk) (latýns'ka) f., латинь uk(uk) (latýn’) f.
  • Urdu: لاطینی زبان ur(ur)
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Latinh vi(vi), Latinh vi(vi)
  • Welsh: Lladin cy(cy)

Noun

Latin (plural Latins)

  1. A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
  2. A person who is descended from the ancient Romans.
  3. A person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin, such as a Spaniard or Italian.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

person native to ancient Rome or its Empire
  • Italian: romano m. romana f.
  • Japanese: 古代ローマ人 (kodai Rōma jin)
  • Korean: 고대로마인 (古代로마人, godae-Roma-in)
  • Macedonian: Римјанин mk(mk) (Rímjanin) m., Римјанка mk(mk) (Rímjanka) f.
  • Portuguese: romano pt(pt) m., romana pt(pt) f.
  • Romanian: latin m., latină f., roman m., romană f.
  • Russian: римлянин ru(ru) (rímljanin) m., римлянка ru(ru) (rímljanka) f.
  • Slovene: Rimljan m., Rimljanka f.
  • Spanish: romano es(es) m.
  • Swedish: romare c.
  • Turkish: Romalı tr(tr)
  • Vietnamese: người La Mã
person who is descended from the ancient Romans
person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin
  • Croatian: Làtīn hr(hr) m., Làtīnka hr(hr) f., Latínjanin hr(hr) m., Latínjānka hr(hr) f.
  • Dutch: Romaan nl(nl)
  • Finnish: romaanisen kielen puhuja
  • Italian: di lingua neolatina
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
  • Alsatian: Latein n. (1)
  • Asturian: llatinu m. (1)
  • Breton: latin m. (1), Roman m. (2), unan a ra gant ur yezh romanek (4)
  • Ido: Latin (1)
  • Interlingua: latino
  • Latin: (lingua) Latina (1), latinus m., latina f. (2)
  • Slovak: latinčina f. (1); Riman m., Rimanka f. (2); Roman m., Romanka f. (3, 4)
  • Tatar: latín (1)
  • Ukrainian: латинська (latins’ka) (1)

See also

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French

Noun

Latin m. (plural Latins)

  1. Latin (person)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Làtīn m. (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀тӣн)

  1. Latin (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire, descended from the ancient Romans or speaking a Romance language)

Declension

declension of Latin
singular plural
nominative Latin Latini
genitive Latina Latina
dative Latinu Latinima
accusative Latina Latine
vocative Latine Latini
locative Latinu Latinima
instrumental Latinom Latinima

 

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