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lat¹

  • /lat/

Where it comes from

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

adjective lată · lați · late · lat

  1. masculine, neuter wide, broad

lat²

  • /lat/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Latin latus (“side”).

noun laturi · lat · latul · laturile

  1. neuter the wide part of an object

In English

  • wide having a large physical extent from side to side

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MLA

"lat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/lat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

lat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/lat

Chicago

"lat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/lat.

BibTeX
@misc{lat_2026,
  title = {lat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/lat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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