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1. (n.) Latin
the Italic language of ancient Rome, maintained through the Middle Ages and into modern times as the liturgical language of Western Christianity and an international language of learned discourse.
2. Latin
a member of any people speaking a language descended from Latin.
3. Latin
a native or inhabitant of any country in Latin America; Latin American.
4. Latin
a native or inhabitant of Latium.
5. Latin
a member of the Latin Church.
6. (adj.) Latin
of or pertaining to any of the peoples of Europe or the New World speaking languages descended from Latin.
7. Latin
of or pertaining to the Latin Church.
8. Latin
of or pertaining to Latium or its inhabitants.
9. Latin
of or pertaining to the Latin alphabet.
Etymology: (bef. 950; ME, OE < L Latīnus. See Latium , -ine1)
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| Definition of 'Latin' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Latin
any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
2. (noun) Latin
an inhabitant of ancient Latium
3. (adj) Latin
a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
4. (adj) Latin
of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
"Latin verb conjugations"
5. (adj) Latin
relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages
"Latin America"
6. (adj) Romance, Latin
relating to languages derived from Latin
"Romance languages"
7. (adj) Latin
of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
"Latin towns"
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| Definition of 'Latin' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Latin
of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language
2. (adj) Latin
of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom
3. (noun) Latin
a native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman
4. (noun) Latin
the language of the ancient Romans
5. (noun) Latin
an exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin
6. (noun) Latin
a member of the Roman Catholic Church
7. (verb) Latin
to write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin
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Sense: (of) the language spoken in ancient Rome
We studied Latin at school; a Latin lesson.
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 Afrikaans: Latyn |
 Arabic: اللغَة اللاتينيَّه |
 Bulgarian: латински език |
 Brazilian: latim |
 Czech: latina; latinský |
 German: das Latein |
 Danish: latin; latin- |
 Greek: λατινικός, λατινικά |
 Spanish: latín |
 Estonian: ladina keel |
 Farsi: لاتینی |
 Finnish: latina |
 French: latin |
 Hebrew: לָטִינִית |
 Hindi: लैटिन, पुरातन रोम की भाषा |
 Croatian: latinski |
 Hungarian: latin (nyelv) |
 Indonesian: Latin |
 Icelandic: latína |
 Italian: latino |
 Japanese: ラテン語 |
 Korean: 라틴어 |
 Lithuanian: lotynų kalba |
 Latvian: latīņu valoda |
 Malay: bahasa Latin |
 Dutch: Latijn |
 Norwegian: latin |
 Polish: łacina |
 Persian: لاتینی |
 Pashto: لاتينى |
 Portuguese: latim |
 Romanian: (de) limbă latină |
 Russian: латынь |
 Slovak: latinčina; latinský |
 Slovenian: latinščina |
 Serbian: latinski jezik |
 Swedish: latin |
 Thai: ภาษาละติน |
 Turkish: Lâtince |
 Taiwanese: 拉丁語(的) |
 Ukrainian: латинський; романський |
 Urdu: قدیم روما کی اطالوی زبان |
 Vietnamese: tiếng La tinh |
 Chinese: 拉丁语，拉丁语的 |
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