latten

== English == === Alternative forms === laton === Etymology === From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlætən/ (MLE) IPA(key): /ˈlaʔən/ Rhymes: -ætən === Noun === latten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens) (archaic or historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin. Any metal in thin sheets. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Talent, antlet, latent, talent == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.tə(n)/ Hyphenation: lat‧ten Rhymes: -ɑtən === Etymology 1 === From lat (“slat, lath”) +‎ -en. ==== Adjective ==== latten (not comparable) made from slats ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From lat (“living apart together”) +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== latten (intransitive) to have a LAT relationship ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== latten plural of lat === Anagrams === talent == Middle English == === Noun === latten alternative form of latoun