Noun

Latin (countable and uncountable), plural Latins

1. Language of the ancient Romans (proper noun, uncountable) (Classical Latin )
2. A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire
3. A person who is descended from the ancient Romans
4. A person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin, such as Spanish, French, Italian, etc.

Translations

• Alsatian: Latein n (1)
• Asturian: llatinu m (1)
• Breton: latin m (1), Roman m (2), unan a ra gant ur yezh romanek (4)
• Catalan: llatí m, llatina f
• Chinese: 拉丁语 (Lati?) (1),拉丁人 (2)
• Czech: latin (1)
• Dutch: Latijn n
• Esperanto: Latin (1)
• Finnish: latina (1), roomalainen (2), romaanisen kielen puhuja (4)
• French: latin m
• German: Latein n (1), Römer m (2–3), Muttersprachler einer romanischen Sprache m (4)
• Greek: Λατινικά (Latinika) (el )
• Hebrew: לטינית (Latinit)
• Hungarian: Latin (1)
• Ido: Latin (1)
• Interlingua: latino
• Italian: latino m
• Japanese: ラテン語 (Ratengo) (1)
• Korean: 로마 (Roma) (2)
• Latin: (lingua) Latina (1), latinus m, latina f (2)
• Polish: łaciński (1), łaciń (2)
• Portuguese: latin m (1)
• Romanian: (limbă ) latină (1), latin (2)
• Russian: Латинский (Latinsky, older: Latinskii) (1), Латин (Latin) (2)
• Slovak: latinčina f (1); Riman m, Rimanka f (2); Roman m, Romanka f (3, 4)
• Romanica: latino m
• Slovenian: latinščina f (1), Rimljan m (2)
• Spanish: latín (1), latino, -a (2–4)
• Swedish: latin (1), romare (2,3)
• Tatar: Latín (1)
• Ukrainian: Латинська (Latins'ka) (1)

Adjective

Latin

1. Having to do with the language spoken in ancient Rome.
2. Having to do with ancient Rome or its Empire.
3. Denoting involvement with the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
4. Of Latin America (i.e., Mexico, Central, and South America)

Translations

• Breton: latin (1,2), romanek (3)
• Catalan: llatí m, llatina f
• Chinese: 拉丁的
• Dutch: Latijn of Latijns
• Finnish: latinalainen (1), roomalainen (2,3)
• French: latin
• German: lateinisch (1), römisch (2,3)
• Interlingua: latin
• Italian: latino m, latina f
• Latin: latinus, -a, -um
• Romanian: latin m, latină f
• Romanica: latino m, latina f
• Slovak: latinský m, latinská f, latinské n (1)
• Slovenian: latinski m (1), latinska f (1), latinsko n (1), starorimski m (2), starorimska f (2), starorimsko n (2)
• Spanish: latín, latino, latina
• Swedish: latinsk (1), romersk (2,3), latinamerikansk (4)

Related Terms

• latinate
• latinist
• Latinism
• Classical Latin
• Medieval Latin
• Ecclesiastical Latin
• New Latin
• Neo Latin
• Lazio
• Interlingua
• Romanica
• Latin alphabet

See Also

• Latin index

External links

• Latin - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.