latrine
la·trine/ləˈtɹiːn/noun
latrine is spelled L-A-T-R-I-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (la·trine). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, latrine means “An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of latrine is latrines.
How many letters and syllables are in latrine?
| Letters | 7: L-A-T-R-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: la·trine |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 latrine?
Latrine appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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 latrine?
- US /ləˈtɹiːn/
Latrine has 2 syllables, split la·trine in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-latrine.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with latrine?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as latrine from its last stressed vowel (/in/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: reliant, retinal.
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 latrine
- latrines plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does latrine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.
- 2
IndiaAny facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.
- 3
obsoleteA chamber pot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Latrine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench – see also toilet, o:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does latrine come from?
From French latrine (“latrine”), from Latin lātrīna.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).