Latinate

latinate English Etymology en la latinātus latināt(us) Latin-speaking, from en la latīnō to speak Latin. +suf en Latin ate adjective adjective-forming suffix. Pronunciation lăʹtĭnət RP, en /ˈlætɪnət/ lăʹtǐnət GA, en /ˈlætɪnət/ [ˈlæʔənəʔ] lăʹtǐnāt GA, en /ˈlætɪneɪt/ [ˈlæʔɪneɪʔ] more common in the United States Adjective en not comparable Of or derived from Latin. 18 December 2024 w:Daisy Fried The History of Poetry, From the Bronze Age to A.I., in a Single Poem https://web.archive.org/web/20241218103241/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/books/review/context-collapse-ryan-ruby.html Not being, well, dead, I don’t much enjoy that pileup of Latinate abstractions, despite their supple cadences and dense sound effects. I’m pretty sure Ryan Ruby designed that bit to mimic the denatured feel of programming language. It doesn’t matter if I follow every word. Not all poetry wants to achieve the same things; this too is something language — poetic language — can do. en comparable characteristic of or pertaining to Latin. Derived terms en unlatinate Translations Latin: la latinātus Spanish: es latinizante, es latinista, es latinado Tamil: ta இலத்தீனிய References “Latinate, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989] Anagrams en aaeilntt Nattalie en autological terms