Meanings
nounlatten (countable and uncountable, plural lattens)
plural lattens · alternative laton
- archaiccountablehistoricaluncountableAn 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.
- countableuncountableSheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
- countableuncountableAny metal in thin sheets.
gold latten
Origin
- Proto-Common Turkic*altun“gold”
- Arabicلَاطُون“copper, copper alloy”
- Old Frenchlaton
- Middle Englishlaten
- Englishlatten
From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).
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