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Ladin

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ləˈdiːn/
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  • rhymes with -iːn

1

name

Meaning 1

A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum), spoken primarily in the Italian portion of Tyrol and the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A person speaking Ladin as a mother tongue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a Rhaeto-Romance dialect of Romansh spoken in southeastern Switzerland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic

History

Etymology

From Ladin ladin, itself from Latin latīnus. Doublet of Latin and Ladino.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լադիներեն (ladineren) — the Romance language
  • Bulgarian: ладински (ladinski) — the Romance language
  • French: ladin — the Romance language
  • German: Ladinisch — the Romance language
  • German: ladinische Sprache — the Romance language
  • Hungarian: ladin — the Romance language
  • Irish: Laidinis — the Romance language
  • Italian: ladino — the Romance language
  • Ladin: Ladin — the Romance language
  • Ladin: ladin — the Romance language
  • Latin: lingua Ladina — the Romance language
  • Latin: ladina — the Romance language
  • Latin: dolomiana — the Romance language
  • Polish: ladyński — the Romance language
  • Portuguese: ladino — the Romance language
  • Russian: ладинский (ladinskij) — the Romance language
  • Scots: Ladin — the Romance language
  • Spanish: lengua ladina — the Romance language
  • Spanish: lengua dolomita — the Romance language
  • Spanish: ladín — the Romance language
  • Turkish: Ladince — the Romance language