latten

See also: Latten

English

Alternative forms

• laton

Etymology

From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlætən/

Noun

latten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens)

1. (archaic or historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
3. Any metal in thin sheets.

   gold latten

Derived terms

• black latten
• roll latten
• shaven latten
• white latten

Anagrams

• Talent, antlet, latent, talent

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: lat‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɑtən

Etymology 1

From lat (“slat, lath”) +‎ -en.

Adjective

latten (not comparable)

1. made from slats

Declension

Declension of latten
uninflected	latten
inflected	latten
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		—
indefinite	m./f. sing.	latten
	n. sing.	latten
	plural	latten
definite		latten
partitive		—

Etymology 2

From lat (“living apart together”) +‎ -en.

Verb

latten

1. (intransitive) to have a LAT relationship

Conjugation

Conjugation of latten (weak)
infinitive	latten
past singular	latte
past participle	gelat
infinitive	latten
gerund	latten n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	lat	latte
2nd person sing. (jij)	lat	latte
2nd person sing. (u)	lat	latte
2nd person sing. (gij)	lat	latte
3rd person singular	lat	latte
plural	latten	latten
subjunctive sing.1	latte	latte
subjunctive plur.1	latten	latten
imperative sing.	lat
imperative plur.1	lat
participles	lattend	gelat
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

latten

1. plural of lat

Anagrams

• talent

Middle English

Noun

latten

1. Alternative form of latoun