You can make 28 words from late according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of late
late alte ltae tlae atle tale laet alet leat elat aelt ealt ltea tlea leta elta tela etla atel tael aetl eatl teal etal
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word late. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in late.
Definitions and meaning of late
late
Etymology
From Middle Englishlate, lat, from Old Englishlæt(“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic*lat, from Proto-Germanic*lataz(“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /leɪt/
Rhymes: -eɪt
Adjective
late (comparativelater, superlativelatest)
Near the end of a period of time.
Specifically, near the end of the day.
(usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time.
Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline.
Not having had an expected menstrual period.
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive.(Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)
Order 3(ca)(i), Public Order (Prohibited Areas) Order 2009 (G.N. S 490/2009)
The following public assemblies and public processions are excluded from the prohibition in paragraph 2: […] any public assembly or public procession in an open space that is held primarily to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew[…]
Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
(astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
Usage notes
(deceased):Late in this sense qualifies named individuals (in phrases like the late Mary Smith). In this sense, it generally is confined to usage with the person's full name, or a title, relationship, etc., that would be adequate by itself to identify the person: the late Mary Smith; the late queen; his late wife; the late Mary, Queen of Scots; but in most cases notthe late Mary.
Translations
Noun
late (plurallates)
(informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
Antonyms
early
Adverb
late (comparativelater, superlativelatest)
After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
Not long ago; just now, recently.
Synonyms
(past a designated time):belatedly; see also Thesaurus:belatedly
(formerly):erenow; see also Thesaurus:formerly
(not long ago):freshly; see also Thesaurus:recently
Translations
Derived terms
References
2009 April 3, Peter T. Daniels, "Re: Has 'late' split up into a pair of homonyms?", message-ID <bdb13686-a6e4-43cd-8445-efe353365394@l13g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, alt.usage.english and sci.lang, Usenet.
Anagrams
EATL, ETLA, Elta, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., leat, tael, tale, teal, tela
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlaːtə/
Adjective
late
inflection of laat:
masculine/feminine singular attributive
definite neuter singular attributive
plural attributive
Verb
late
(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of laten
Galician
Verb
late
inflection of latar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
inflection of latir:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈla.te/
Rhymes: -ate
Hyphenation: là‧te
Adjective
late
feminine plural of lato
Anagrams
alte, tale, tela
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*lat'ëk, borrowed from Proto-Norse*ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ(*flatja), from Proto-Germanic*flatją. Cognates include Finnishlattia and Livvilate.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɑte/
Hyphenation: la‧te
Noun
late (genitivelattien, partitivelatetta)
floor
References
P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “пол”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
Latin
Adverb
lātē (comparativelātius, superlativelātissimē)
broadly, widely
extensively
far and wide, everywhere
lavishly, excessively
Related terms
lātus
References
“late”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“late”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*lat'ëk, borrowed from Proto-Norse*ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ(*flatja), from Proto-Germanic*flatją. Cognates include Finnishlattia and Karelianlate.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɑtʲe/
Hyphenation: la‧te
Rhymes: -ɑtʲe
Noun
late (genitivelattien, partitivelatettu)
floor
Declension
References
Tatjana Boiko (2019) “late”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishlæt, from Proto-West Germanic*lat.
Alternative forms
laite, latte, lete, leate
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /laːt/, /lat/
Adjective
late
slow, sluggish, reluctant.
Derived terms
latly
Descendants
English: late
Geordie English: lyet
Scots: late
Yola: laate
References
“lāt(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old Englishlate.
Alternative forms
lata, laite, latte, lete, læte, leate
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlaːt(ə)/
Adverb
late
slowly, reluctantly
Descendants
English: late
Yola: laate
References
“lāt(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
From Old Norselát(“conduct, demeanour, voice, sound”, literally “let, letting, loss”) (from Proto-Germanic*lētiją(“behaviour”), from Proto-Indo-European*lēid-, *lēy-(“to leave, let”). Cognate with Middle Low Germanlāt(“outward appearance, gesture, manner”), Old Englishlǣtan(“to let”). More at let.
Noun
late
Manner; behaviour; outward appearance or aspect.
A sound; voice.
c1275-1499, King Alexander
Than have we liking to lithe the lates of the foules.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
late
definite singular and plural of lat
Etymology 2
From Old Norseláta.
Verb
late (imperativelat, present tenselater, passivelates, simple pastlot, past participlelatt, present participlelatende)
to seem, appear
(also latesom) to pretend
Derived terms
årelate
References
“late” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /²lɑːtə/
Adjective
late
inflection of lat:
definite singular
plural
Etymology 2
Verb
late (present tenselèt, past tenselét, past participlelate, passive infinitivelatast, present participlelatande, imperativelat)
Alternative form of la
Etymology 3
From Old Norseláta.
Alternative forms
lata
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /²lɑːtə/
Verb
late (present tenselèt, past tenselét, past participlelate, passive infinitivelatast, present participlelatande, imperativelat)
to seem, appear
(also latesom) to pretend
Derived terms
årelate
References
“late” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
Adverbial form of læt, composed with the suffix -e.