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单词 Latinate
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Definition of Latinate in English:

Latinate

adjective ˈlatɪneɪtˈlætnˌeɪt
  • (of language) having the character of Latin.

    Latinate oaths
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nicolaus Copernicus is the Latinate name of the renowned astronomer and polymath, born in 1473 to a well-placed mercantile family in the Polish town of Torun.
    • The latter is a corruption of the Latinate words for ‘black.’
    • She found herself using large Latinate words, the meanings of which she never could have paraphrased, but which reproduced themselves in her sentences with startling precision.
    • But English is only partly a Latinate language.
    • The 15th century represents a low point for the Latinate tradition, but it revives in the 16th century under the impact of humanism and the regeneration of the universities.
 
 

Definition of Latinate in US English:

Latinate

adjectiveˈlatnˌātˈlætnˌeɪt
  • (of language) having the character of Latin.

    Latinate suffixes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The latter is a corruption of the Latinate words for ‘black.’
    • The 15th century represents a low point for the Latinate tradition, but it revives in the 16th century under the impact of humanism and the regeneration of the universities.
    • She found herself using large Latinate words, the meanings of which she never could have paraphrased, but which reproduced themselves in her sentences with startling precision.
    • But English is only partly a Latinate language.
    • Nicolaus Copernicus is the Latinate name of the renowned astronomer and polymath, born in 1473 to a well-placed mercantile family in the Polish town of Torun.
 
 
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