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5-letter words (2 found)

LATEN,LEANT,

4-letter words (16 found)

ANTE,ELAN,ETNA,LANE,LANT,LATE,LEAN,LEAT,LENT,NEAL,NEAT,TAEL,TALE,TANE,TEAL,TELA,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALE,ALT,ANE,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAT,LEA,LET,NAE,NAT,NET,TAE,TAN,TEA,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AL,AN,AT,EA,EL,EN,ET,LA,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 52 words from laten according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of laten

laten

English

Etymology

From late +‎ -en.

Verb

laten (third-person singular simple present latens, present participle latening, simple past and past participle latened)

  1. (intransitive) To grow late; become later.

Anagrams

  • Antle, ental, leant

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːtə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ten
  • Rhymes: -aːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch laten, from Old Dutch lātan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

Verb

laten

  1. (copulative) to leave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
  2. (auxiliary, with object) to leave, to allow to remain/continue to
  3. (auxiliary, with object) to let, to allow to
  4. (auxiliary, with object) to cause to, to make; creates a causative phrase.
  5. (auxiliary, with object) to may, to let; forms an optative phrase.
  6. (auxiliary, with object) to may, to let; forms a cohortative phrase.
  7. (transitive) to not do, to refrain from
  8. (transitive, Suriname, colloquial) to leave someone, to end a romantic relationship
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: laat
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: latn
  • Jersey Dutch: lâte
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: at

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

laten

  1. plural of laat (“serf”)

Anagrams

  • talen

Galician

Verb

laten

  1. inflection of latar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
  2. third-person plural present indicative of latir

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch latent (“latent”), from French latent (“latent”), from Latin latentem, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlatɛn/ [ˈla.t̪ɛn]
  • Rhymes: -atɛn
  • Syllabification: la‧ten

Adjective

laten

  1. latent

Further reading

  • “laten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Low German

Alternative forms

  • låten (New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

From Old Saxon lātan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d-.

Verb

laten (past singular leet, past participle laten, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) to allow; to permit; to let
  2. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done)
    wat maken laten ― to have something done
    een wat doon laten ― to have someone do something
  3. (transitive) to let; to leave
  4. (transitive) to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something)
  5. (intransitive) to cease; to desist

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch lātan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

Verb

lâten

  1. to leave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
  2. to release
  3. to let, to lose (of bodily fluids)
  4. to leave, to let remain, to leave behind
  5. to leave, to depart from
  6. to not do, to refrain from
  7. to stop doing, to cease doing
  8. (auxiliary) to allow, to not prevent
  9. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make

Inflection

Descendants

  • Dutch: laten
    • Afrikaans: laat
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: latn
    • Jersey Dutch: lâte
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: at
  • Limburgish: laote

Further reading

  • “laten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “laten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

laten

  1. Alternative form of Latyn

Etymology 2

Noun

laten

  1. Alternative form of latoun

Spanish

Verb

laten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of latir

Swedish

Noun

laten

  1. definite singular of lat

Anagrams

  • ental, talen

Source: wiktionary.org