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[łatter]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], comparative form of [ang]. Doublet of [en]; also, cognate with
[en], whose doublet is [en]<!--; this is relevant because [en] is a coordinate
term to _latter_ for when the number of listed items is more than two, and the
pair _latter/last_ constitutes a relation both semantically parallel with, and
consisting of doublets of, the pair _later/latest_. The information inside
the comment here is analytically interesting, although most people would say
that it is too much information to include in this Etymology section, so it is
commented out but remains here for the benefit of anyone who reads the page
source.-->.
*** Pronunciation
- [lăt'ə(r)] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] [in accents with flapping]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[-]
1. Relating to or being the second of two items.
2. * [en]
3. * [text=the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the LATTER is superior]
4. Near (or nearer) to the end .
5. In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time .
6. * [text=Hath not navigation discovered in these LATTER ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania [...] ?]
**** Antonyms
{{col4|en |former }}
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|latterness |at latter Lammas|latter end |lattermost }}
**** Related terms
{{col4|en |latter-day |latterly |lattermath |last<qq:the superlative form of
“latter”> }}
**** Translations
[relating to or being the second of two items]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] (usually preceded by the determiner ce )
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Norn: [nrn]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc] , [oc]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] (z dwóch)
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [poetic] , [es] [poetic]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[near (or nearer) to the end]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] (usually preceded by the determiner ce )
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[close (or closer) to the present time]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , более поздний (bóleje pózdnij)
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Danish
*** Etymology
From [da], from [da], cognate with [no], [en] and [de]. Derived from the verb
[gem-pro], cf. [da], [en], [de].
*** Pronunciation
- [da]
*** Noun
[en]
1. laughter
**** Declension
[en]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Verb
[fr-verb]
1. to lath
**** Conjugation
[fr-conj-auto]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Norman
*** Etymology
[nrf]
*** Verb
[nrf-verb]
1. [nrf] to beat , spank , cane
**** Synonyms
- [to cane] [nrf] , [nrf] , [nrf] , [nrf]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology
From [nb].
*** Noun
[nb] [nb]
1. laughter
2. laugh
**** Synonyms
- [nb] [Nynorsk also]
**** Derived terms
{{col2|nb |latterlig |lattermild |lættis}}
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]