latten

See also: Latten

English

Alternative forms

• laton

Etymology

From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlætən/

Noun

latten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens)

1. (archaic or historical) An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.
2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
3. Any metal in thin sheets.

   gold latten

Derived terms

• black latten
• roll latten
• shaven latten
• white latten

 

Anagrams

• Talent, antlet, latent, talent

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑtən

Noun

latten

1. plural of lat

Anagrams

• talent

Middle English

Noun

latten

1. Alternative form of latoun