Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of the language:
Русский
By meaning 3
of ancient Rome:
of descendants from ancient Romans:
of/from Latin America:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
of ancient Rome:
of Latium:
of the language:
of descendants from ancient Romans:
of/from Latin America:

Examples

430 sentences

  1. Latin is a dead language.

    Латинська — мертва мова. — deniko

    ruЛатинский язык - мёртвый. — OlgaElwen

    deLatein ist eine tote Sprache. — Esperantostern

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  2. A lot of English words are derived from Latin.

    Багато англійськіх слів походить з латинської мови. — deniko

    ruМногие английские слова происходят из латыни. — marafon

    deEine Menge englischer Wörter sind aus dem Lateinischen abgeleitet. — juwu

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  3. Few students can read Latin.

    Мало студентів, які розуміють латинську. — Internecivus

    ruМало кто из студентов может читать на латыни. — odexed

    deNur wenige Studenten können Latein lesen. — Wolf

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. (not comparable)Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.

    lateinisch, lateinisch

    лати́нскийlatínskij, лати́нскийlatínskij

    лати́нськийlatýnsʹkyj

  2. (not comparable)Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.

    of or relating to the ancient region of Latium

  3. (not comparable)Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.

    romanisch

    рома́нскийrománskij, лати́нскийlatínskij

More meanings 4

  1. (not comparable)Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.

    römisch, latinisch

    ри́мскийrímskij, лати́нскийlatínskij

    of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language

  2. (not comparable)Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.

    lateinamerikanisch

    лати́нскийlatínskij, латиноамерика́нскийlatinoamerikánskij

  3. (not comparable)Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.

  4. (not comparable)Roman Catholic; of or pertaining to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.

Origin

From Middle English Latyn, Latyne, Latin, from Old French latin, latyn, from Latin latīnus

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.

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in…:Roman
Of or relating to the customs and people descended from…:Romance
Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture:Latin AmericanLatino
Of or relating to Latium, the region around Rome:Latian
Roman Catholic:CatholicRoman Catholic
Close in meaning
  • relating to languages derived from Latin:Romance

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lathelatherlatitudelatrinelattelatterB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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