Latin

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: lătʹĭn (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlæt.ɪn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlæt.ɪn/, [ˈlæt.n̩], [ˈlæʔ.n̩] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlæt.ɪn/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈlɛt.ən/ Rhymes: -ætɪn === Alternative forms === Latten, Latine (obsolete) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (adjective suffix). Displaced or merged with Old English Lǣden. Doublet of Ladin and Ladino. ==== Adjective ==== Latin (not comparable) Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium. Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets. Synonym: Roman Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire. Synonym: Roman Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome. Synonym: Latian Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire. Synonym: Romance Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture. Synonyms: Latin American, Latino (Christianity) Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. Synonyms: Catholic, Roman, Roman Catholic ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Latin. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Jamaican Creole: Latn ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Latin”) and Old French latin (“Latin”); all from Latin Latinus (“belonging to Latium”). Later influenced in form by the Latin word. Compare Dutch Latijn (“Latin”), German Latein (“Latin”), Swedish Latin (“Latin”). ==== Proper noun ==== Latin (countable and uncountable, plural Latins) (uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin. 1999, Karl Strecker, transl. by Robert B. Palmer, Introduction to Medieval Latin: English Translation and Revision, 2nd ed. (2nd reprint of the ed. Dublin/Zürich 1971 (Berlin 1957)), Weidmann: Zürich & Hildesheim, p. 29: To Hall [Robert A. Hall, Jr.], the development would be something as follows: Latin > Proto-Romance (dated late Republic and Early Empire) > Proto-Continental Romance > Proto-Italo-Western Romance (to which Hall would limit the term "Vulgar Latin") > Proto-Western Romance > Proto-Gallo Romance, etc. Each of these main divisions splits off into further languages: Latin > Classical Latin; Proto-Romance > Proto-Southern Romance > Sardinian, Lucianian, Sicilian; Proto-Continental Romance > Proto-Eastern Romance > Proto-Balkan Romance, etc. The Latin alphabet or writing system. (printing) The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking. ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Latin. ===== Hyponyms ===== Anglo-Latin, Early Latin, Neo Latin/Neo-Latin ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Latin (plural Latins) (historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire. Synonym: Roman (historical) A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BC inhabited the region known as Old Latium. Synonyms: Latial, Latian A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin. A person from Latin America. Synonyms: Latin American, Latino (Christianity) A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice. Synonyms: Catholic, Roman, Roman Catholic ===== Coordinate terms ===== (Christianity): Greek, Orthodox ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Wiktionary’s coverage of Latin terms === Etymology 3 === Metonymic occupational surname for a Latinist, a clerk or keeper of Latin records, from Middle English Latyn. Compare Latimer. ==== Proper noun ==== Latin (plural Latins) A surname from Middle English. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Latin is the 35246th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 639 individuals. Latin is most common among Black/African American (44.44%), White (37.09%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.34%) individuals. === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code la, ISO 639-3 code lat (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Latin, lat ⁠ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Latin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400. === Anagrams === talin == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /la.tɛ̃/ === Noun === Latin m (plural Latins) Latin (resident or native of Latium) resident or native of a Romance country such as Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, etc, whose language is derived from Latin ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === liant == Malay == === Etymology === From Latin latīnus, from Latium (“the region around Rome”) + -īnus (“adjective suffix”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [laten] Rhymes: -aten, -ten, -en === Noun === Latin Latin (language of the ancient Romans) Synonym: Rumawi == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laˈtiːn/ Rhymes: -iːn === Noun === Il-Latin m Latin (language) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== Latin alternative form of Latyn === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Latin alternative form of Latyn == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lǎtiːn/ Hyphenation: La‧tin === Noun === Làtīn m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀тӣн) Latin (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire, descended from the ancient Romans or speaking a Romance language) ==== Declension ==== == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish latín. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈtin/ [lɐˈt̪ɪn̪] Rhymes: -in Syllabification: La‧tin === Proper noun === Latín (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ᜔) Latin (language) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Latino === Noun === Latín (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ᜔) Latin (native of Ancient Rome) (colloquial) any incomprehensible language === Further reading === “Latin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === linta