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latten

/ˈlætən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lat-ten
IPA
/ˈlætən/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any metal in thin sheets.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

lattens (plural) laton (alternative)

Phrases

black latten roll latten shaven latten white latten

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce latten?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlætən/.
What does latten mean?
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.
Where does latten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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