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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.tə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lat‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɑtən

Etymology 1

From lat (“slat, lath”) +‎ -en.

Adjective

latten (not comparable)

  1. made from slats
Declension
More information Declension of, uninflected ...

Etymology 2

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

Verb

latten

  1. (intransitive) to have a LAT relationship
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

latten

  1. plural of lat

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Middle English

Noun

latten

  1. alternative form of latoun

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