Latin
198
3.9
- adjective
- /ˈlætɪn/
:
latino
- Many English words, especially in science, have Latin origins that influence their meanings.
- Latin American
- Latin America
- Latin American countries
Because I feel like you were one of the few, like Latin pioneers in the beauty industry.
- Because I feel like you were one of the few, like Latin pioneers in the beauty industry.
- Although there was Latin, jazz, swing and country music in the charts.
- Certainly all the countries in the EU, probably about half the countries in Latin and South America.
- Now let me just briefly highlight very generally some of the key points about race in Latin America and the US.
- But like Hawaii is Asian people's version of America and Miami specifically is Latin America's version of America.
- Last but not least, your mother being very Latin, when she cooks, she moves her butt.
- He's on TV now a lot, very handsome Spanish, Latin guy.
Examples
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He studied Latin grammar to better understand the roots of many modern languages.
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The political participation of evangelicals in Latin America has received much attention of late.
Academic text (1999) -
And then obviously we had a couple years of Latin in school.
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Now... I think we might begin... with one or two Latin terms.
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And as it turned out, one of my sons was taking Latin in United States.
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Following the Marshall Plan, Latin American leaders made it clear that they, too, wanted recovery assistance.
Academic text (2013) -
U.S. commercial banks used those balances to fund dollar loans to Latin America and Eastern Europe.
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The third obstacle blocking development is the fragility of the Latin American commitment to democracy.
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His visionary writing has influenced Latin American writers and Zapatista revolutionaries alike.
Academic text (2017) -
The Latin languages, such as Spanish and French, are spoken by millions of people worldwide.
Synonyms
23
5.4
Languages that come from Latin, like French and Spanish
Compounds
10
2.2
Countries in the Americas south of the United States where people mainly speak Spanish or Portuguese
1
9.9
A form of Latin used in Europe for writing, study and church work in the Middle Ages
1
9.8
The form of Latin used by educated people in ancient Rome, especially in literature and formal writing
- Formal
1
8.5
A form of Latin used since the Renaissance for science, study, and naming plants and animals
- Specialized
A form of Latin used in Christian writings and Bible translations from the 3rd to 8th centuries
A United Nations group that helps Latin American countries grow their economies
- Specialized
A form of Latin used from the 3rd to the 8th century that links Classical and Medieval Latin
- Specialized
A square grid filled with different symbols so each symbol appears once in each row and column
A cross with a long upright arm and short horizontal arms used as a Christian symbol
- Specialized
Forms of Latin used after the ancient period, especially in the Middle Ages
- Specialized
A form of Latin used since the Renaissance for scientific and academic writing
A made-up language based on Latin created in 1890 for use between people of different countries
- Offensive
A joking name for someone with little formal education, especially in Latin
- Specialized
The everyday speech of ordinary people in the Roman Empire that became Spanish, French and Italian
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Latin comes from Latinus, 'from Latium', and the language of that area later spread and changed into the Romance languages like Spanish and French. For this reason, calling a culture or country 'Latin' often shows it is linked to those languages and traditions.