late

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /leɪt/
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• Australian, New-Zealand: /læɪt/
  Play
• Scotland: /let/
  Play
• Wales: /leːt/ without the pane–pain merger
  Play
• rhymes with -eɪt
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: L EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let. Cognates Cognate with Yola laate (“late”), North Frisian leed, leet, lääs (“late”), Saterland Frisian leet (“late”), Dutch, German Low German laat (“late, tardy”), Danish lad (“languid, lazy, indolent”), Faroese, Icelandic latur (“lazy”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lat (“lazy”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats, “lazy, slothful”).

417 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: laat — near the end of a period of time
• Albanian: i vonë — near the end of a period of time
• Southern Altai: соҥ (soŋ) — near the end of a period of time
• Southern Altai: кеч (keč) — near the end of a period of time
• Arabic: مُتَأَخِّر (mutaʔaḵḵir) — near the end of a period of time
• Arabic: متأخّر (mitʔáḵḵer) — near the end of a period of time
• Armenian: ուշ (uš) — near the end of a period of time
• Aromanian: tãrdzãu — near the end of a period of time
• Aromanian: tãrdziu — near the end of a period of time
• Asturian: sero — near the end of a period of time
• Azerbaijani: gec — near the end of a period of time
• Bashkir: һуң (huñ) — near the end of a period of time
• Belarusian: по́зні (pózni) — near the end of a period of time
• Bengali: দেরি (deri) — near the end of a period of time
• Bhojpuri: देर (dēr) — near the end of a period of time
• Bulgarian: къ́сен (kǎ́sen) — near the end of a period of time
• Burmese: နှောင်း (hnaung:) — near the end of a period of time
• Catalan: tard — near the end of a period of time
• Eastern Min Chinese: 遲 /迟 (dì) — near the end of a period of time
• Chinese Mandarin: 晚 (wǎn) — near the end of a period of time
• Czech: pozdní — near the end of a period of time
• Dalmatian: tierč — near the end of a period of time
• Danish: sen — near the end of a period of time
• Dutch: laat — near the end of a period of time
• Esperanto: malfrua — near the end of a period of time
• Faroese: síðla — near the end of a period of time
• Faroese: seint — near the end of a period of time
• Finnish: myöhäinen — near the end of a period of time
• French: tard — near the end of a period of time
• Saterland Frisian: leet — near the end of a period of time
• German: spät — near the end of a period of time
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus) — near the end of a period of time
• Greek: αργά (argá) — near the end of a period of time
• Haitian Creole: ta — near the end of a period of time
• Hebrew: מאוחר \ מְאֻחָר (m'ukhár) — near the end of a period of time
• Hindi: देर (der) — near the end of a period of time
• Hungarian: késő — near the end of a period of time
• Hungarian: késői — near the end of a period of time
• Hungarian: kései — near the end of a period of time
• Icelandic: seint — near the end of a period of time
• Ingrian: mööhä — near the end of a period of time
• Interlingua: tarde — near the end of a period of time
• Italian: tardo — near the end of a period of time
• Japanese: 晩い (osoi) — near the end of a period of time
• Kazakh: кеш (keş) — near the end of a period of time
• Khmer: យឺត (yɨɨt) — near the end of a period of time
• Korean: 늦다 (neutda) — near the end of a period of time
• Kyrgyz: кеч (kec) — near the end of a period of time
• Lao: ຊ້າ (sā) — near the end of a period of time
• Latin: tardus — near the end of a period of time
• Latvian: vēls — near the end of a period of time
• Latvian: sebu — near the end of a period of time
• Latvian: sebs — near the end of a period of time
• Lithuanian: vėlus — near the end of a period of time
• Lithuanian: vėlyvas — near the end of a period of time
• Low German: laat — near the end of a period of time
• Low German: loot — near the end of a period of time
• Low German: late — near the end of a period of time
• Macedonian: доцен (docen) — near the end of a period of time
• Malay: lambat — near the end of a period of time
• Mauritian Creole: tar — near the end of a period of time
• Norwegian: sein — near the end of a period of time
• Occitan: tard — near the end of a period of time
• Old English: læt — near the end of a period of time
• Persian: دیر (dir) — near the end of a period of time
• Polish: późny — near the end of a period of time
• Portuguese: tardio — near the end of a period of time
• Romanian: târziu — near the end of a period of time
• Romansh: tard — near the end of a period of time
• Russian: по́здний (pózdnij) — near the end of a period of time
• Salar: uda — near the end of a period of time
• Sardinian: taldu — near the end of a period of time
• Sardinian: tardu — near the end of a period of time
• Scottish Gaelic: anmoch — near the end of a period of time
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏сан — near the end of a period of time
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁsan — near the end of a period of time
• Slovak: neskorý — near the end of a period of time
• Slovene: pôzen — near the end of a period of time
• Spanish: tarde — near the end of a period of time
• Swedish: sen — near the end of a period of time
• Tajik: дер (der) — near the end of a period of time
• Thai: สาย (sǎai) — near the end of a period of time
• Turkish: geç — near the end of a period of time
• Turkmen: giç — near the end of a period of time
• Ukrainian: пі́зній (píznij) — near the end of a period of time
• Urdu: دیر (der) — near the end of a period of time
• Uzbek: kech — near the end of a period of time
• Vietnamese: muộn — near the end of a period of time
• Vietnamese: trễ — near the end of a period of time
• Walloon: tård — near the end of a period of time
• Welsh: hwyr — near the end of a period of time
• Yiddish: שפּעט (shpet) — near the end of a period of time
• Armenian: ուշ (uš) — near the end of the day
• Asturian: sero — near the end of the day
• Bulgarian: късен (kǎsen) — near the end of the day
• Chinese Cantonese: 晏 (ngaan3) — near the end of the day
• Czech: pozdní — near the end of the day
• Dutch: laat — near the end of the day
• Dutch: late — near the end of the day
• Esperanto: vespera — near the end of the day
• Faroese: síðla — near the end of the day
• Faroese: seint — near the end of the day
• Finnish: myöhä — near the end of the day
• Finnish: myöhäinen — near the end of the day
• French: tard — near the end of the day
• German: spät — near the end of the day
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus) — near the end of the day
• Greek: αργά (argá) — near the end of the day
• Hungarian: késő — near the end of the day
• Icelandic: seint — near the end of the day
• Ingrian: mööhä — near the end of the day
• Italian: tardo — near the end of the day
• Japanese: 晩い (osoi) — near the end of the day
• Latin: tardus — near the end of the day
• Macedonian: доцен (docen) — near the end of the day
• Old English: læt — near the end of the day
• Polish: późny — near the end of the day
• Portuguese: tardio — near the end of the day
• Russian: по́здний (pózdnij) — near the end of the day
• Scottish Gaelic: anmoch — near the end of the day
• Slovene: pôzen — near the end of the day
• Spanish: tarde — near the end of the day
• Swedish: sen — near the end of the day
• Thai: ดึก (dʉ̀k) — near the end of the day
• Walloon: tård — near the end of the day
• Yiddish: שפּעט (shpet) — near the end of the day
• Afrikaans: laat — associated with the end of a period
• Armenian: ուշ (uš) — associated with the end of a period
• Asturian: serondiegu — associated with the end of a period
• Asturian: avisiegu — associated with the end of a period
• Asturian: serondu — associated with the end of a period
• Asturian: tardiegu — associated with the end of a period
• Bulgarian: късен (kǎsen) — associated with the end of a period
• Czech: pozdní — associated with the end of a period
• Dutch: laat — associated with the end of a period
• Dutch: late — associated with the end of a period
• Esperanto: fina — associated with the end of a period
• Esperanto: malfrua — associated with the end of a period
• Finnish: myöhäinen — associated with the end of a period
• Finnish: myöhäis- — associated with the end of a period
• German: spät — associated with the end of a period
• Hungarian: késő — associated with the end of a period
• Ingrian: mööhä — associated with the end of a period
• Japanese: 晩い (osoi) — associated with the end of a period
• Latin: tardus — associated with the end of a period
• Macedonian: доцен (docen) — associated with the end of a period
• Old English: læt — associated with the end of a period
• Polish: późny — associated with the end of a period
• Portuguese: tardio — associated with the end of a period
• Portuguese: tardia — associated with the end of a period
• Russian: по́здний (pózdnij) — associated with the end of a period
• Slovene: pôzen — associated with the end of a period
• Spanish: tardío — associated with the end of a period
• Swedish: sen — associated with the end of a period
• Ukrainian: пі́зній (píznij) — associated with the end of a period
• Yiddish: שפּעט (shpet) — associated with the end of a period
• Afrikaans: laat — not arriving until after an expected time
• Arabic: مُتَأَخِّر (mutaʔaḵḵir) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Arabic: مْعطّل (mʕəṭṭəl) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Armenian: ուշ (uš) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Aromanian: tãrdziu — not arriving until after an expected time
• Asturian: estadizu — not arriving until after an expected time
• Azerbaijani: ərəzən — not arriving until after an expected time
• Azerbaijani: savar — not arriving until after an expected time
• Belarusian: по́зні (pózni) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Belarusian: запо́знены (zapóznjeny) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Bengali: দেরী (derī) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Bengali: দিরঙ্গ (dirôṅgô) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Bengali: দেরেঙ্গ (dereṅgô) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Bulgarian: закъснял (zakǎsnjal) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Burmese: နောက်ကျ (naukkya.) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Dalmatian: tierč — not arriving until after an expected time
• Esperanto: malfrua — not arriving until after an expected time
• Esperanto: malfrua — not arriving until after an expected time
• Faroese: seinur — not arriving until after an expected time
• Finnish: myöhässä — not arriving until after an expected time
• French: en retard — not arriving until after an expected time
• Old French: tart — not arriving until after an expected time
• German: verspätet — not arriving until after an expected time
• Greek: αργά (argá) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Greek: αργοπορημένος (argoporiménos) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Gujarati: મોડું (moḍũ) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Gujarati: દેર (der) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Hebrew: מאחר (meaḥér) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Hungarian: későn — not arriving until after an expected time
• Hungarian: késik — not arriving until after an expected time
• Hungarian: elkésik — not arriving until after an expected time
• Hungarian: késésben van — not arriving until after an expected time
• Indonesian: terlambat — not arriving until after an expected time
• Indonesian: telat — not arriving until after an expected time
• Indonesian: kasip — not arriving until after an expected time
• Ingrian: mööhä — not arriving until after an expected time
• Italian: in ritardo — not arriving until after an expected time
• Japanese: 晩い (osoi) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Japanese: 遅れた (okureta) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Korean: 지각 (jigak) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Latin: tardatus — not arriving until after an expected time
• Latin: sērus — not arriving until after an expected time
• Macedonian: доцен (docen) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Macedonian: задоцнет (zadocnet) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Malay: lewat — not arriving until after an expected time
• Māori: tūreiti — not arriving until after an expected time
• Māori: tōmuri — not arriving until after an expected time
• Māori: takaroa — not arriving until after an expected time
• Māori: akutō — not arriving until after an expected time
• Marshallese: awa — not arriving until after an expected time
• Old English: læt — not arriving until after an expected time
• Plautdietsch: lot — not arriving until after an expected time
• Polish: spóźniony — not arriving until after an expected time
• Portuguese: atrasado — not arriving until after an expected time
• Romanian: târziu — not arriving until after an expected time
• Russian: по́здний (pózdnij) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Russian: запозда́лый (zapozdályj) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Scottish Gaelic: fadalach — not arriving until after an expected time
• Scottish Gaelic: air dheireadh — not arriving until after an expected time
• Slovene: pôzen — not arriving until after an expected time
• Spanish: atrasado — not arriving until after an expected time
• Swedish: sen — not arriving until after an expected time
• Swedish: försenad — not arriving until after an expected time
• Tagalog: gutoy — not arriving until after an expected time
• Tamil: லேட் (lēṭ) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Tamil: லேட்டு (lēṭṭu) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Tamil: தாமதம் (tāmatam) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Thai: สาย (sǎai) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Ukrainian: запізні́лий (zapiznílyj) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Ukrainian: пі́зній (píznij) — not arriving until after an expected time
• Vietnamese: trể — not arriving until after an expected time
• Volapük: latik — not arriving until after an expected time
• Walloon: tårdou — not arriving until after an expected time
• Dutch: overtijd — not having had an expected menstrual period
• Finnish: myöhässä — not having had an expected menstrual period
• Afrikaans: oorlede — euphemism for "dead"
• Arabic: مَرْحُوم (marḥūm) — euphemism for "dead"
• Armenian: ողորմածիկ (oġormacik) — euphemism for "dead"
• Asturian: fináu — euphemism for "dead"
• Asturian: defuntu — euphemism for "dead"
• Azerbaijani: mərhum — euphemism for "dead"
• Azerbaijani: rəhmətlik — euphemism for "dead"
• Bashkir: мәрхүм (mərxüm) — euphemism for "dead"
• Bengali: মরহুম (môrhum) — euphemism for "dead"
• Bulgarian: покоен (pokoen) — euphemism for "dead"
• Bulgarian: починал (počinal) — euphemism for "dead"
• Catalan: difunt — euphemism for "dead"
• Chichewa: malemu — euphemism for "dead"
• Chinese Mandarin: 已故 — euphemism for "dead"
• Czech: blahé paměti — euphemism for "dead"
• Danish: salig — euphemism for "dead"
• Dutch: wijlen — euphemism for "dead"
• Esperanto: forpasinta — euphemism for "dead"
• Esperanto: karmemora — euphemism for "dead"
• Faroese: sáli — euphemism for "dead"
• Finnish: edesmennyt — euphemism for "dead"
• Finnish: -vainaa — euphemism for "dead"
• Finnish: -vainaja — euphemism for "dead"
• French: défunt — euphemism for "dead"
• French: feu — euphemism for "dead"
• French: regretté — euphemism for "dead"
• French: regrettée — euphemism for "dead"
• Galician: defunto — euphemism for "dead"
• Galician: que foi — euphemism for "dead"
• Georgian: ცხონებული (cxonebuli) — euphemism for "dead"
• German: verstorben — euphemism for "dead"
• German: selig — euphemism for "dead"
• Greek: μακαρίτης (makarítis) — euphemism for "dead"
• Hebrew: מנוח (manóaḥ) — euphemism for "dead"
• Hindi: स्वर्गीय (svargīya) — euphemism for "dead"
• Hindi: दिवंगत (divaṅgat) — euphemism for "dead"
• Hungarian: néhai — euphemism for "dead"
• Icelandic: heitinn — euphemism for "dead"
• Indonesian: almarhum — euphemism for "dead"
• Indonesian: almarhumah — euphemism for "dead"
• Indonesian: mendiang — euphemism for "dead"
• Irish: nach maireann — euphemism for "dead"
• Irish: trócaire air — euphemism for "dead"
• Irish: trócaire uirthi — euphemism for "dead"
• Irish: trócaire orthu — euphemism for "dead"
• Italian: fu — euphemism for "dead"
• Italian: defunto — euphemism for "dead"
• Japanese: 故 (ko) — euphemism for "dead"
• Japanese: 亡き (naki) — euphemism for "dead"
• Latin: abortus — euphemism for "dead"
• Latvian: nelaiķis — euphemism for "dead"
• Lithuanian: velionis — euphemism for "dead"
• Macedonian: покоен (pokoen) — euphemism for "dead"
• Malay: allahyarham — euphemism for "dead"
• Malay: allahyarhamah — euphemism for "dead"
• Malay: mendiang — euphemism for "dead"
• Norwegian: som har gått bort — euphemism for "dead"
• Norwegian: som har gått fra oss — euphemism for "dead"
• Norwegian Bokmål: avdød — euphemism for "dead"
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avdød — euphemism for "dead"
• Polish: zmarły — euphemism for "dead"
• Polish: świętej pamięci — euphemism for "dead"
• Portuguese: falecido — euphemism for "dead"
• Portuguese: finado — euphemism for "dead"
• Portuguese: defunto — euphemism for "dead"
• Russian: поко́йный (pokójnyj) — euphemism for "dead"
• Russian: усо́пший (usópšij) — euphemism for "dead"
• Scottish Gaelic: nach maireann — euphemism for "dead"
• Serbo-Croatian: покојан — euphemism for "dead"
• Serbo-Croatian: pokojan — euphemism for "dead"
• Spanish: difunto — euphemism for "dead"
• Spanish: finado — euphemism for "dead"
• Swahili: marehemu — euphemism for "dead"
• Swedish: avliden — euphemism for "dead"
• Swedish: framliden — euphemism for "dead"
• Swedish: hädangången — euphemism for "dead"
• Tatar: märxüm — euphemism for "dead"
• Turkish: rahmetli — euphemism for "dead"
• Turkish: merhum — euphemism for "dead"
• Ukrainian: покі́йний (pokíjnyj) — euphemism for "dead"
• Yao (Africa): malemu — euphemism for "dead"
• Bulgarian: предишен (predišen) — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Bulgarian: бивш (bivš) — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Esperanto: ĵusa — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Finnish: aiempi — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Finnish: edellinen — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Greek: πρώην (próin) — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Greek: προηγούμενος (proïgoúmenos) — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Hungarian: korábbi — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Hungarian: egykori — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Macedonian: пора́нешен (poránešen) — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Macedonian: бивш (bivš) — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Portuguese: recente — existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now
• Bulgarian: неотда́внашен (neotdávnašen) — recent
• Bulgarian: ско́рошен (skórošen) — recent
• Esperanto: ĵusa — recent
• Finnish: viime — recent
• Finnish: viimeisimmät — recent
• Greek: τελευταίος (teleftaíos) — recent
• Japanese: 最近 (saikin) — recent
• Macedonian: неода́мнешен (neodámnešen) — recent
• Macedonian: ско́рашен (skórašen) — recent
• Macedonian: ско́решен (skórešen) — recent
• Portuguese: recente — recent
• Esperanto: -multaj — related to a person's age, a decade, etc.
• Spanish: a fines de — related to a person's age, a decade, etc.
• Spanish: a final de — related to a person's age, a decade, etc.
• Spanish: a fin de — related to a person's age, a decade, etc.
• Afrikaans: laat — past a designated time
• Southern Altai: кеч (keč) — past a designated time
• Southern Altai: соҥ (soŋ) — past a designated time
• Arabic: مُتَأَخِّرًا (mutaʔaḵḵiran) — past a designated time
• Aromanian: ntardu — past a designated time
• Aromanian: tardu — past a designated time
• Azerbaijani: gec — past a designated time
• Bashkir: һуң (huñ) — past a designated time
• Basque: berandu — past a designated time
• Belarusian: по́зна (pózna) — past a designated time
• Bengali: দেরী (derī) — past a designated time
• Bengali: দিরঙ্গ (dirôṅgô) — past a designated time
• Bengali: দেরেঙ্গ (dereṅgô) — past a designated time
• Bulgarian: къ́сно (kǎ́sno) — past a designated time
• Catalan: tard — past a designated time
• Eastern Min Chinese: 迟 (di) — past a designated time
• Chinese Mandarin: 晚 (wǎn) — past a designated time
• Chinese Mandarin: 遲 /迟 (chí) — past a designated time
• Chinese Mandarin: 遲到 /迟到 (chídào) — past a designated time
• Czech: pozdě — past a designated time
• Danish: sen — past a designated time
• Dutch: laat — past a designated time
• Esperanto: malfrue — past a designated time
• Estonian: hilja — past a designated time
• Finnish: myöhään — past a designated time
• Finnish: myöhässä — past a designated time
• French: tard — past a designated time
• Old French: tart — past a designated time
• Georgian: გვიან (gvian) — past a designated time
• German: spät — past a designated time
• Greek: αργά (argá) — past a designated time
• Ancient Greek: ὀψέ (opsé) — past a designated time
• Hindi: देर से — past a designated time
• Hungarian: későn — past a designated time
• Icelandic: seinn — past a designated time
• Ido: tarda — past a designated time
• Ingrian: mööhää — past a designated time
• Italian: tardi — past a designated time
• Japanese: 遅刻に (chikoku ni) — past a designated time
• Japanese: 遅く (osoku) — past a designated time
• Kazakh: кеш (keş) — past a designated time
• Khmer: យឺតពេល (yɨɨt peil) — past a designated time
• Korean: 늦다 (neutda) — past a designated time
• Korean: 지각하다 (jigakhada) — past a designated time
• Central Kurdish: درەنگ (dreng) — past a designated time
• Northern Kurdish: derneg — past a designated time
• Northern Kurdish: gîro — past a designated time
• Northern Kurdish: texîr — past a designated time
• Latin: sērō — past a designated time
• Latin: tarde — past a designated time
• Latvian: vēlu — past a designated time
• Lithuanian: vėlai — past a designated time
• Macedonian: доцна (docna) — past a designated time
• Occitan: tard — past a designated time
• Old English: late — past a designated time
• Old Norse: síðla — past a designated time
• Persian: دیر (dir) — past a designated time
• Polabian: püznü — past a designated time
• Polish: późno — past a designated time
• Portuguese: tarde — past a designated time
• Romanian: târziu — past a designated time
• Russian: по́здно (pózdno) — past a designated time
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏сно — past a designated time
• Serbo-Croatian: позно — past a designated time
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁsno — past a designated time
• Serbo-Croatian: pozno — past a designated time
• Slovak: neskoro — past a designated time
• Slovene: pôzno — past a designated time
• Lower Sorbian: pózdźe — past a designated time
• Spanish: tarde — past a designated time
• Spanish: hacerse tarde para — past a designated time
• Swedish: sent — past a designated time
• Swedish: för sent — past a designated time
• Telugu: ఆలస్యంగా (ālasyaṅgā) — past a designated time
• Turkish: geç — past a designated time
• Ukrainian: пі́зно (pízno) — past a designated time
• Urdu: دیر سے — past a designated time
• Yiddish: שפּעט (shpet) — past a designated time