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latin

French, noun

latin is spelled L-A-T-I-N (5 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latin is a French masculine noun meaning “the Latin language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Latin is a different word: “Latin (resident or native of Latium)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue italique indo-européenne dont sont originaires les langues romanes”.

What does latin mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Latin

  2. 2

    Latino

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethe Latin language

  2. 2

    masculinea male of South American or Mediterranean origins

noun

as Latin
  1. 1

    masculineLatin (resident or native of Latium)

  2. 2

    masculineresident or native of a Romance country such as Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, etc, whose language is derived from Latin

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est originaire ou se rapporte aux Latins, les habitants du Latium. 2. Romain, relatif à l’empire romain. 3. Relatif au latin, la langue. 4. Qui s’exprime dans cette langue.

noun: 1. Langue italique indo-européenne dont sont originaires les langues romanes. 2. Alphabet utilisé par ces langues.

noun: 1. Habitant du Latium. 2. Habitant d’un pays ou région où les langues sont dérivées du latin : Italie, Espagne, Portugal, France, Roumanie, Suisse (cantons francophones, plus le Tessin italophone) ou Belgique romane. 3. Habitant d’un pays d’Amérique ayant été colonisé par une nation latine européenne.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of latin

  • latine feminine
  • latins masculine plural
  • latines feminine plural
  • Latins plural
  • Latine feminine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to latin

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is latin in French?

latin appears 20 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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