latinate
/ˈlætɪnət/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Nonstandard spelling of Latinate.
adj
Of or derived from Latin.
adj
Characteristic of or pertaining to Latin.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin latināt(us) (“Latin-speaking”), from Latin latīnō (“to speak Latin”). By surface analysis, Latin + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: latīnō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlætɪnət/
- British English: /ˈlætɪnət/
Inflected Forms
more latinate (comparative)
most latinate (superlative)