latina
La·ti·na/ləˈtinə/noun
latina is spelled L-A-T-I-N-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables (La·ti·na). It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, latina means “Alternative letter-case form of Latina” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of latina is latinas.
How many letters and syllables are in latina?
| Letters | 6: L-A-T-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: La·ti·na |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is latina?
Latina appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce latina?
- UK /ləˈtiːnə/
- US /ləˈtinə/
- US /læ-/
Latina has 3 syllables, split La·ti·na in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Latina.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with latina?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as latina from its last stressed vowel (/inə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of latina
- latinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does latina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Latina.
noun
- 1
A Latin American woman. (Compare Latino.)
adjective
- 1
Of Latin American descent and female.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does latina come from?
From Spanish latina; see Latino for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).