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English

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishlætra, comparative form oflæt(late).Doublet oflater; also, cognate withlast, whose doublet islatest.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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latter (notcomparable)

  1. Relating to or being thesecond oftwo items.
    The archaic past participleshapen is only used inmisshapen,ill-shapen, andwell-shapen (thelatter two are much less common, though).
    • March 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival.”, inNational Geographic[1]:
      On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (thelatter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.
    • 1725, Isaac Watts,Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, [], 2nd edition, London: [] John Clark and Richard Hett, [], Emanuel Matthews, [], and Richard Ford, [], published1726,→OCLC:
      the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense thelatter is superior
  2. Near (or nearer) to theend.
    thelatter part of the century
  3. In the past, but close (or closer) to thepresenttime.
    Synonym:later
    In hislatter years my dad became very absent-minded.

Antonyms

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Translations

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relating to or being the second of two items
near (or nearer) to the end
close (or closer) to the present time

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsehlátr, fromProto-Germanic*hlahtraz(laughter), cognate withNorwegianlått,Englishlaughter andGermanGelächter. Derived from the verb*hlahjaną(to laugh), cf.Danishle,Englishlaugh,Germanlachen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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latter c (singular definitelatteren,not used in plural form)

  1. laughter

Declension

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Declension oflatter
common
gender
singular
indefinitedefinite
nominativelatterlatteren
genitivelatterslatterens

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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latter

  1. tolath

Conjugation

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Conjugation oflatter(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)
infinitivesimplelatter
compoundavoir + past participle
present participle orgerund1simplelattant
/la.tɑ̃/
compoundayant + past participle
past participlelatté
/la.te/
singularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
indicativeje (j’)tuil, elle, onnousvousils, elles
(simple
tenses)
presentlatte
/lat/
lattes
/lat/
latte
/lat/
lattons
/la.tɔ̃/
lattez
/la.te/
lattent
/lat/
imperfectlattais
/la.tɛ/
lattais
/la.tɛ/
lattait
/la.tɛ/
lattions
/la.tjɔ̃/
lattiez
/la.tje/
lattaient
/la.tɛ/
past historic2lattai
/la.te/
lattas
/la.ta/
latta
/la.ta/
lattâmes
/la.tam/
lattâtes
/la.tat/
lattèrent
/la.tɛʁ/
futurelatterai
/la.tʁe/
latteras
/la.tʁa/
lattera
/la.tʁa/
latterons
/la.tʁɔ̃/
latterez
/la.tʁe/
latteront
/la.tʁɔ̃/
conditionallatterais
/la.tʁɛ/
latterais
/la.tʁɛ/
latterait
/la.tʁɛ/
latterions
/la.tə.ʁjɔ̃/
latteriez
/la.tə.ʁje/
latteraient
/la.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)
present perfectpresent indicative ofavoir + past participle
pluperfectimperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle
past anterior2past historic ofavoir + past participle
future perfectfuture ofavoir + past participle
conditional perfectconditional ofavoir + past participle
subjunctiveque je (j’)que tuqu’il, qu’elleque nousque vousqu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)
presentlatte
/lat/
lattes
/lat/
latte
/lat/
lattions
/la.tjɔ̃/
lattiez
/la.tje/
lattent
/lat/
imperfect2lattasse
/la.tas/
lattasses
/la.tas/
lattât
/la.ta/
lattassions
/la.ta.sjɔ̃/
lattassiez
/la.ta.sje/
lattassent
/la.tas/
(compound
tenses)
pastpresent subjunctive ofavoir + past participle
pluperfect2imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle
imperativetunousvous
simplelatte
/lat/
lattons
/la.tɔ̃/
lattez
/la.te/
compoundsimple imperative ofavoir + past participlesimple imperative ofavoir + past participlesimple imperative ofavoir + past participle
1 The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81).

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Norman

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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latter

  1. (Jersey) tobeat,spank,cane

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsehlátr.

Noun

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latter m (definite singularlatteren)(uncountable)

  1. laughter
  2. laugh
    en godlattera good laugh

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