lats
English
Noun
lats pl (normally plural, singular lat)
- (UK slang) Latrines: rudimentary or military facilities for urination and defecation.
Synonyms
Pronunciation
Noun
lats
Etymology 4
A clipping of Latin latissimus + -s[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læts/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æts
References
Gothic
Latvian
Etymology
A reduced form of Latvija, first used in 1922 to name the new currency that replaced the Latvian rublis.
Pronunciation
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Noun
lats m (1st declension)
- lats (monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014)
- pieci lati ― five lats
- papīra lats ― paper lats (i.e., bills, banknotes)
- lata kurss ― the exchange rate of the lats
- grāmata maksā divus latus ― the book costs two lats
Declension
Declension of lats (1st declension)
Norwegian Nynorsk
References
- “lats” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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