Meaning

5 senses
  1. (historical)A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.

    Römer

    ри́млянинrímljanin, ри́млянкаrímljanka

    any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

  2. (historical)A member of an Italic tribe that included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome, and from about 1000 BCE 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.

    a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

  4. A person from Latin America.

  5. A person adhering to Roman Catholic practice.

Examples

431 sentences
  1. Latin is a dead language.

    Латинська — мертва мова. — deniko

    ruЛатинский язык - мёртвый. — OlgaElwen

    deLatein ist eine tote Sprache. — Esperantostern

  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

  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

  4. Do you know Latin?

    Знаєш латину? — aandrusiak

    ruТы знаешь латынь? — Selena777

    deKannst du Latein? — PeterR

  5. This word is derived from Latin.

    ruЭто слово латинского происхождения. — ae5s

    deDieses Wort kommt aus dem Lateinischen. — MUIRIEL

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person native to ancient Rome or its Empire:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin:
person native to ancient Rome or its Empire:

Origin

From Middle English Latin, Latyn, from Old English Lǣden, from Vulgar Latin *ladinum (“Lat

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”).

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