Meaning

3 senses

  1. The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.

  2. An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.

  3. Anything that is latent.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. There are many latent gays among rampant homophobes.

    Серед ярих гомофобів багато латентних ґеїв. — aandrusiak

    ruСреди ярых гомофобов много латентных геев. — shanghainese

    aandrusiak · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. You have a latent problem here that will cause trouble in the future.

    AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Sadists are latent masochists.

    ruСадисты - это латентные мазохисты. — Ivanovb

    ddnktr · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latēns, present pa

From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latēns, present participle of lateō (“lie hidden”).

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Forms

plural: latents
Singularlatent
Plurallatents

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
latecomerB1latelyB1latencylatenesslaterA1lateral
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