Latine

La·ti·ne
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/ləˈtiː.neɪ̯/US/ləˈti.neɪ̯/US/læ-/US/lɑː-/

noun

Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

Latine1

nounLatine (plural Latines)

plural Latines

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of Latin.
    2 more examples

    There is alſo among us a common deſcription and picture of a Graſhopper, as may be obſerved in the pictures of Emblematiſts in the coats of ſeverall families, and as the word Cicada is uſually tranſlated in Dictionaries; wherein to ſpeake ſtrictly, if by this word Graſhopper, we underſtand that animall which is implied by τέττῑξ with the Greeks, and by Cicada with the Latines, we may with ſafety affirme the Picture is widely miſtaken, and that for ought enquiry can informe, there is no ſuch inſect in England, which how paradoxicall ſoever, upon a ſtrict enquiry, will prove undeniable truth.

    1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Picture of a Graſhopper”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 5th book, paragraph 1, page 236

    But because the letters of every tongue, as we shewed in the first book, have in their number, order, and figure a Celestiall and Divine originall, I shall easily grant this calculation concerning the names of spirits to be made not only by Hebrew letters, but also by Chaldean, and Arabick, Ægyptian, Greek, Latine, and any other...

    1651, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy
proper noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of Latin.

    [Clow.][…]Go to, thou haſt it ad dungil^([sic]) at the fingers ends, as they ſay. [Peda.] Oh I ſmell falſe Latine, dunghel for unguem.

    [Costard] […] Go to; thou hast it ad dunghill, at the fingers’ ends, as they say. [Holofernes] O, I smell false Latin; dunghill for unguem.

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature [F4], verso

Latine2

nounLatine (plural Latines)

plural Latines

  1. gender neutralneologismSomeone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.
adjectiveLatine (not comparable)
  1. gender neutralneologismnot comparableHispanic; Latino or Latina.

    Synonyms: Latinx, Latina/o, Latino/a, Latin@

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHispanic; Latino or Latina.

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Origin

Latine · noun, proper noun

See Latin.

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Latine · noun, adjective

  1. Spanishlatine“Latine; Latino or Latina”
  2. EnglishLatine

Borrowed from Spanish latine (“Latine; Latino or Latina”). The gender-neutral suffix -e replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.

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APA

Latine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Latine

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“Latine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Latine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Latine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Latine.

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