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latten

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈlætən/
  • Multicultural-London-English: /ˈlaʔən/
  • rhymes with -ætən

1

noun

Meaning 1

An alloy of copper and tin, similar to bronze, with a sufficient portion of tin to make it a pewter-like color with yellowish tinge (rather than the brownish-gold color of bronze of higher copper content), once used in thin sheets and for domestic utensils and light-duty tools.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any metal in thin sheets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • gold latten

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4

noun

Meaning 4

brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: brass

History

Etymology

From Middle English laten, latun, latoun, from Old French laton, laiton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself from Proto-Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). See Turkish altın, Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).