lato

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latuq.

• Hyphenation: la‧to

lato

1. the sea grape (Caulerpa lentillifera)

• IPA^(key): [ˈlato]
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• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: la‧to

lato (accusative singular laton, plural latoj, accusative plural latojn)

1. lath, batten (plank of wood)

From Proto-Finnic *lato (compare Estonian ladu), borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚺᛚᚨᚦᛟ (*hlaþō) (compare Old Norse hlaða, Swedish lada).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑto/, [ˈlɑ̝t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): la‧to

lato

1. A hovel, barn (unheated inexpensively built roofed storage for agricultural equipment or products, especially hay).

"Barn" may also include navetta or other animal shelter.

• “lato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• laot, loat, olat, talo, tola

lato

1. first-person singular present indicative of latar
2. first-person singular present indicative of latir

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: là‧to

From Latin lātus (“side”, “flank”).

lato m (plural lati)

1. side

From Latin lātus (“wide”, “broad”), from earlier stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”).

lato (feminine lata, masculine plural lati, feminine plural late)

1. (literary, rare) wide, broad

   Synonyms: ampio, largo

   Antonym: stretto

2. (literary, figurative) broad (of a meaning)

   In senso lato. ― In a broad sense.

• latamente

• alto, alto-, talo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěto (“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlatɔ/
• Syllabification: la‧to

lato n

1. summer

• “lato”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “lato”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

lātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lātus

• lato in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lato”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “lato”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěto (“summer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.tɔ/

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• Rhymes: -atɔ
• Syllabification: la‧to
• Homophone: Lato

lato n (diminutive latko)

1. summer (hottest season of the year)
2. (in the plural lata) years, suppletive plural form for rok

• lato in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lato in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: la‧to

From Latin lātus (“wide”), from earlier stlātus (“stretched out, extended”).

lato (feminine lata, masculine plural latos, feminine plural latas, comparable)

1. broad, wide

   Synonyms: amplo, extensivo

   • 2015, Joana Rita, Café Central, Revista Gerador Numero 3, page 45

     Alexandre, mas o conceito de arte não é suficientemente lato para que caibas nele?

     Alexandre, but isn't the concept of art so broad that you could fit into it?

lato

1. first-person singular present indicative of latir

• IPA^(key): /ˈlato/ [ˈla.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: la‧to

From Latin lātus.

lato (feminine lata, masculine plural latos, feminine plural latas)

1. dilated, expanded, extended

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lato

1. first-person singular present indicative of latir

• “lato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latuq (“edible seaweed sp.”). Compare Cebuano lato, Waray-Waray lato, and Malay latuh.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈto/ [lɐˈto], /laˈtoʔ/ [lɐˈtoʔ]
• Rhymes: -o, -oʔ
• Syllabification: la‧to

lató or latô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜓ)

1. sea grape (Caulerpa lentillifera or Caulerpa racemosa)

• “lato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latuq.

latô

1. edible alga growing in rocky and sandy beaches