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Latvian

adj · noun · 6 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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  • /ˈlætvi.ən/
  • /ˈlɑːtvi.ən/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The official language of Latvia; Lettish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the official language of Latvia; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lettish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Baltic, Baltic language

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or inhabitant of Latvia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

Narrower terms: Livonian

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latvian Latvijabor. English Latvia Middle English -n English -n English Latvian From Latvia + -n.

Across languages

Translations

239 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Letlands — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Afrikaans: Letties — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Albanian: letonez — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Arabic: لَاتْفِيّ (lātfiyy) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Arabic: لَاتْفِيّ (lātviyy) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Armenian: լատվիական (latviakan) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Asturian: letón — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Azerbaijani: latış — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Azerbaijani: latviya — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Basque: letoniar — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Belarusian: латы́скі (latýski) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Belarusian: латы́шскі (latýšski) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Belarusian: латві́йскі (latvíjski) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Bulgarian: латви́йски (latvíjski) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Burmese: လတ်ဗီယာ (latbiya) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Catalan: letó — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉脫維亞的 /拉脱维亚的 (Lātuōwéiyǎ de) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Czech: lotyšský — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Danish: lettisk — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Danish: letlandsk — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Dutch: Lets — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Esperanto: latva — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Estonian: läti — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Faroese: lettiskur — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Finnish: latvialainen (of Latvia) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Finnish: latviankielinen — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Finnish: lättiläinen (of Latvia) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Finnish: lätinkielinen — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • French: letton — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Friulian: leton — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Galician: letón — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Georgian: ლატვიური (laṭviuri) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Georgian: ლატვიის (laṭviis) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • German: lettisch — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Hawaiian: Lakawia — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Hindi: लातवियाई (lātviyāī) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Hungarian: lett — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Icelandic: lettneskur — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Irish: Laitviach — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Italian: lettone — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Japanese: ラトビアの (Ratobia no) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Kazakh: латвиялық (latviälyq) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Korean: 라트비아의 (Rateubia-ui) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Kyrgyz: латыш (latış) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Kyrgyz: латвия (latviya) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Lao: ແລດໂຕນີ (lǣt tō nī) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Latin: letticus — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Latvian: Latvijas (of Latvia) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Latvian: latviešu — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Latvian: latvju — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Latvian: latvisks — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Macedonian: латвиски (latviski) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Macedonian: летонски (letonski) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Maltese: Latvjan — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Mongolian: латви (latvi) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Mongolian: ᠯᠠᠲ᠋ᠸᠢ (latwi) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: latvisk — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: latvisk — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Occitan: leton — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Persian: لاتویایی (lâtviyâyi) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Polish: łotewski — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Portuguese: letão — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Romanian: leton — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Russian: латы́шский (latýšskij) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Russian: латви́йский (latvíjskij) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: лѐто̄нскӣ — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Serbo-Croatian: lètōnskī — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Slovak: lotyšský — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Slovene: látvijski — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Lower Sorbian: letiski — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Upper Sorbian: letiski — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Spanish: letón — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Swedish: lettisk — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Tajik: латышӣ (latiši) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Tajik: латишӣ (latiši) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Tajik: латвиягӣ (latviyagi) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Thai: ลัตเวีย (lát-wiia) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Turkish: Letonyalı — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Turkish: Letonya — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Turkmen: latwiýa — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Ukrainian: лати́ський (latýsʹkyj) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Ukrainian: латві́йський (latvíjsʹkyj) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Uyghur: لاتۋىيە (latwiye) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Uzbek: latviya — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Uzbek: latish — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Venetan: lètone — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Vietnamese: Lát-vi-a — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Yiddish: לאַטוויש (latvish) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Yiddish: לעטלענדיש (letlendish) — pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language
  • Afrikaans: Letties — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Afrikaans: Lets — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Arabic: لَاتْفِيَّة (lātfiyya) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Armenian: լատիշերեն (latišeren) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Asturian: letón — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Basque: letoniera — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Belarusian: латы́ская мо́ва (latýskaja móva) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Belarusian: латы́шская (latýšskaja) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Belarusian: латы́ская (latýskaja) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Bulgarian: латви́йски (latvíjski) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Catalan: letó — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉脫維亞語 /拉脱维亚语 (lātuōwéiyàyǔ) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Czech: lotyština — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Danish: lettisk — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Dutch: Lets — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Esperanto: latva lingvo — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Estonian: läti keel — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Estonian: läti — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Faroese: lettiskt — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Finnish: latvia — Baltic language of Latvia
  • French: letton — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Galician: letón — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Georgian: ლატვიური (laṭviuri) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Georgian: ლატვიური ენა (laṭviuri ena) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • German: Lettisch — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Greek: λεττονικά (lettoniká) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Hebrew: לטבית — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Hindi: लातवियाई (lātviyāī) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Hungarian: lett — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Icelandic: lettneska — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Italian: lettone — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Japanese: ラトヴィア語 (ratoviago) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Japanese: ラトビア語 (ratobiago) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Kazakh: латыш тілі (latyş tılı) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Khmer: ឡេតូនី (leetounii) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Korean: 라트비아어 (rateubia'eo) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Latvian: latviešu valoda — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Latvian: latvju valoda — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Limburgish: Lètsj — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Lithuanian: latvių kalba — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Lithuanian: latvių — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Low German: Lettsch — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Macedonian: латви́ски (latvíski) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Navajo: Létbii bizaad — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: latvisk — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: latvisk — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Occitan: leton — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Persian: لاتویایی (lâtviyâyi) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Polish: łotewski — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Portuguese: letão — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Romanian: letonă — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Russian: латы́шский (latýšskij) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Serbo-Croatian: летонски — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Serbo-Croatian: letonski — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Slovene: látvijščina — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Lower Sorbian: letišćina — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Upper Sorbian: letišćina — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Upper Sorbian: łotyšćina — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Spanish: letón — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Swedish: lettiska — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Turkish: Letonca — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Ukrainian: лати́ська (latýsʹka) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Venetan: lètone — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Yiddish: לעטיש (letish) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Yiddish: לאַטוויש (latvish) — Baltic language of Latvia
  • Afrikaans: Letlander — person from Latvia
  • Afrikaans: Let — person from Latvia
  • Albanian: leton — person from Latvia
  • Armenian: լատվիացի (latviacʻi) — person from Latvia
  • Armenian: լատիշ (latiš) — person from Latvia
  • Asturian: letón — person from Latvia
  • Asturian: letona — person from Latvia
  • Azerbaijani: latış — person from Latvia
  • Basque: letoniar — person from Latvia
  • Belarusian: латві́ец (latvíjec) — person from Latvia
  • Belarusian: латві́йка (latvíjka) — person from Latvia
  • Bulgarian: латви́ец (latvíec) — person from Latvia
  • Bulgarian: латви́йка (latvíjka) — person from Latvia
  • Catalan: letó — person from Latvia
  • Catalan: letona — person from Latvia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉脫維亞人 /拉脱维亚人 (lātuōwéiyàrén) — person from Latvia
  • Czech: Lotyš — person from Latvia
  • Czech: Lotyška — person from Latvia
  • Danish: lette — person from Latvia
  • Esperanto: latvo — person from Latvia
  • Estonian: lätlane — person from Latvia
  • Estonian: lätlanna — person from Latvia
  • Estonian: lätlased — person from Latvia
  • Faroese: letti — person from Latvia
  • Finnish: latvialainen — person from Latvia
  • French: Letton — person from Latvia
  • French: Lettone — person from Latvia
  • Galician: letón — person from Latvia
  • Georgian: ლატვიელი (laṭvieli) — person from Latvia
  • German: Lette — person from Latvia
  • German: Lettin — person from Latvia
  • Greek: Λετονός (Letonós) — person from Latvia
  • Hawaiian: Lakawia — person from Latvia
  • Hungarian: lett — person from Latvia
  • Icelandic: Letti — person from Latvia
  • Indonesian: orang Latvia — person from Latvia
  • Italian: lettone — person from Latvia
  • Japanese: ラトビア人 (ratobiajin) — person from Latvia
  • Japanese: ラトヴィア人 (ratoviajin) — person from Latvia
  • Kazakh: латыш (latyş) — person from Latvia
  • Khmer: ឡេតូនី (leetounii) — person from Latvia
  • Korean: 라트비아인 (rateubiain) — person from Latvia
  • Korean: 라트비아 사람 (rateubia saram) — person from Latvia
  • Kyrgyz: латыш (latış) — person from Latvia
  • Latvian: latvietis — person from Latvia
  • Latvian: latviete — person from Latvia
  • Latvian: latvis — person from Latvia
  • Latvian: latve — person from Latvia
  • Lithuanian: latvis — person from Latvia
  • Lithuanian: latvė — person from Latvia
  • Macedonian: Латвиец (Latviec) — person from Latvia
  • Macedonian: Латвијка (Latvijka) — person from Latvia
  • Macedonian: Летонац (Letonac) — person from Latvia
  • Macedonian: Летонка (Letonka) — person from Latvia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: latvier — person from Latvia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: latviar — person from Latvia
  • Persian: لاتویایی (lâtviyâyi) — person from Latvia
  • Polish: Łotysz — person from Latvia
  • Polish: Łotyszka — person from Latvia
  • Portuguese: letão — person from Latvia
  • Romanian: leton — person from Latvia
  • Romanian: letonă — person from Latvia
  • Russian: латы́ш (latýš) — person from Latvia
  • Russian: латы́шка (latýška) — person from Latvia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Лето́нац — person from Latvia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Летонка — person from Latvia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Letónac — person from Latvia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Lètōnka — person from Latvia
  • Slovak: Lotyš — person from Latvia
  • Slovak: Lotyška — person from Latvia
  • Slovene: Látvijec — person from Latvia
  • Slovene: Látvijka — person from Latvia
  • Spanish: letón — person from Latvia
  • Spanish: letona — person from Latvia
  • Swedish: lett — person from Latvia
  • Tajik: латыш (latiš) — person from Latvia
  • Tajik: латиш (latiš) — person from Latvia
  • Tajik: латвиягӣ (latviyagi) — person from Latvia
  • Turkish: Leton — person from Latvia
  • Turkish: Letonyalı — person from Latvia
  • Ukrainian: латві́єць (latvíjecʹ) — person from Latvia
  • Ukrainian: латві́йка (latvíjka) — person from Latvia
  • Uzbek: latish — person from Latvia
  • Venetan: lètone — person from Latvia
  • Yiddish: לעטלענדער (letlender) — person from Latvia
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