Latinx

La·ti·nx
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UK/ləˈtiːn.ɛks/US/ləˈtin.ɛks/US/læ-/US/lɑː-/

adjective

Of Latin American descent or origin.

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First used 21st c.Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveLatinx (not comparable)
  1. USnot comparableOf Latin American descent or origin.First known use 21st c.

    (which see for more)

    4 more examples

    "Black and/or Latinx transgender people often find ourselves the target of increased police hostility,..."

    2015, Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith, Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, →ISBN

    There is also the fact that, from an early age, people of color— especially young black people and to some extent Hispanic and Latinx/Latino/Latina people—are automatically sexualized to a higher degree by white observers [...]

    2015, Julie Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality, →ISBN

    […] anti-black racism, anti-Latinx racism, […]

    2016, Charles J. Sykes., Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education, →ISBN, page 188

    Police found no weapon on 93% of the people stopped, and it is unclear what was found on the remaining 7%. Actually, among people that the police frisked, black and Latinx people were less likely than white people to have a weapon on them.

    2019 November 18, Derecka Purnell, “Bloomberg's weak apology for stop-and-frisk is too little, too late”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: Latine, Latin@

nounLatinx (plural Latinxs or Latinx or Latinxes)

plural Latinxs · plural Latinxes

  1. USA Latin person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina.

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    @nmoon Looks can be deceiving, but I "see" no Latinx, several multi-racials, 3 whites 90% AfrAm. I don't see anyone who looks solely AsAmer

    2008 July 26, Elisa Camahort Page, “Elisa Camahort Page on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2016

    @metalmujer @soylamar there's also a variant with an x (Latinxs, maestrxs, etc.) but not quite as popular as @

    2011 April 20, Karari Kue, “Karari Kue on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2016

    @kararikue @metalmujer I would love to read more abt the variations of Latin@ Latinx send me links, working on a presentation on diversity

    2011 April 21, Reina Valenzuela, “Reina Valenzuela on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2016

    Asian Latinxs … Chicanxs/Latinxs …

    2015 Fall, City on a Hill Press-Primer, page 30

    Exclusion mainly occurs because Latinxs are conceived by the dominant Euroamerican culture as not belonging, as perpetual “illegals.”

    2016, Miguel A. De La Torre, The U.S. Immigration Crisis: Toward an Ethics of Place, page 72

    Synonyms: Latine, Latin@

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf Latin American descent or origin.

nounA Latin person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina.

Also see

Origin

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o. Reinforced by United States Spanish latinx.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Polish latinx
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Portuguese latinx, latine
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Spanish latinx, latine
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Turkish latinx
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Latinx

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Latinx on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.