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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Latin

1	n adj	any dialect of the language of ancient Rome of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
2	adj n	relating to languages derived from Latin a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Latin

n any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; Old Latin
the oldest recorded Latin (dating back at early as the 6th century B.C.); classical Latin
the language of educated people in ancient Rome; Low Latin
any dialect of Latin other than the classical; Biblical Latin, Late Latin
the form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries; Neo-Latin, New Latin
Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature; Latinian language, Romance, Romance language
the group of languages derived from Latin; Haitian Creole
a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages; Vulgar Latin
nonclassical Latin dialects spoken in the Roman Empire; source of Romance languages; Medieval Latin
Latin used for liturgical purposes during the Middle Ages; Italian
the Romance language spoken in Italy; French
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France; Portuguese
the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil; Galician
a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect; Spanish
the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain; Catalan
the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan); Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic
Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol; Romanian, Rumanian
an eastern Romance language spoken in Romania

Type of:: Italic, Italic language
a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative

n an inhabitant of ancient Latium

Type of:: denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant
a person who inhabits a particular place

adj of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language

“Latin verb conjugations”

adj of or relating to the ancient region of Latium

“Latin towns”

adj relating to languages derived from Latin

Synonyms:: Romance

adj relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages

“Latin America”

n a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin

Type of:: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

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