Latin

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
4. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
5. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
6. (not-comparable) Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
7. (not-comparable) Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.

Name

1. (uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans, other Latins and of the Roman Catholic church, especially Classical Latin.
2. (countable, uncountable) The Latin alphabet or writing system.
3. (countable, uncountable) The nonsense placeholder text (often based on real Latin) used in greeking.

Noun

1. (historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
2. (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.
3. A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.
4. A person from Latin America.
5. A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.

Name

A surname from Middle English.

Synonyms

Latin alphabet

Romance

Roman alphabet

LTR

Roman

lessons

vocative

Vulgar Latin

Latin language

Latin-American

Latino

Romanic

𐐢𐐰𐐻𐐮𐑌

classical language

lat.

Roman language

Latin (Fraktur variant)

Czech

🇨🇿

Latin (Gaelic variant)

Hindi

Ojibwe

Romanian

🇷🇴

Sanskrit

Translations

latin

llatí

latino

latín

latino

Latijns

latino

Latein

Latijn

Latince

latim

Latin

lateinisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlæt.ɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Latyn

Cognate with Old English: Lǣden

Inherited from Middle English: Latin

Inherited from Old English: Lǣden

Cognate with Dutch: Latijn

Cognate with German: Latein

Cognate with Swedish: Latin

In summary

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.

Sentences

She is regarded as Hollywood's first Latin and Hispanic movie star actress .

He was involved in script adaptation and dubbing for Latin American audiences .

The specific epithet , "auritus," is Latin for big-eared.

The name is said to derive from the Latin "decumanus", a farmer of tithes .