Dictionary

Latinate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlætɪnət/ (General-American)
• /ˈlætɪnət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈlæʔɪneɪʔ] (General-American)
• /ˈlætɪneɪt/ (General-American)
• lăʹtǐnət (General-American)
• [ˈlæʔənəʔ] (General-American)
• lăʹtĭnət (Received-Pronunciation)
• lăʹtǐnāt (General-American)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin latināt(us) (“Latin-speaking”), from Latin latīnō (“to speak Latin”). By surface analysis, Latin + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or derived from Latin.
   • Not being, well, dead, I don’t much enjoy that pileup of Latinate abstractions, despite their supple cadences and dense sound effects. I’m pretty sure [Ryan] Ruby designed that bit to mimic the denatured feel of programming language. It doesn’t matter if I follow every word. Not all poetry wants to achieve the same things; this too is something language — poetic language — can do. 2024 December 18, Daisy Fried, “The History of Poetry, From the Bronze Age to A.I., in a Single Poem”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2024:
2. (comparable) Characteristic of or pertaining to Latin.

Forms

Deriveds

unlatinate

Translations (5)

es latinizante (Translations) · la latinātus (Translations) · es latinista (Translations) · es latinado (Translations) · ta இலத்தீனிய (Translations)