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
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /leɪt/
Rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology
From Middle Englishlate, lat, from Old Englishlæt(“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-Germanic*lataz(“slow, lazy”).
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 until after an expected time.
Not having had an expected menstrual period.
(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive.(Often used with "the"; see usage notes.)
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 is unusual among English adjectives in that it qualifies named individuals (in phrases like the late Mary) without creating a contrast with another Mary who is not late. Contrast hungry: a phrase like the hungry Mary is usually only used if another Mary is under discussion who is not hungry.
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.
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 <[email protected]m>, 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
Inflected form of laat
Verb
late
(archaic) singular present subjunctive of laten
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈla.te/
Adjective
late
feminine plural of lato
Karelian
Etymology
Akin to Finnishlattia.
Noun
late (genitivelattien, partitivelatettu)
floor
Latin
Adverb
lātē (comparativelātius, superlativelātissimē)
broadly, widely
extensively
far and wide, everywhere
lavishly, to excess
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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Middle English
Etymology
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
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.te/
Adverb
late
late
Portuguese
Pronunciation
(Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈla.t͡ʃi/
Verb
late
third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative oflatir
second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative oflatir
Spanish
Verb
late
Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of latir.
Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of latir.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of latir.