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lat
wide, broad /lat/
adjective#5597 most common
Also: flat (of a blade's side, as a noun), broad-faced (in derived forms)
Example sentences
Drumul este lat.
The road is wide.
Râul are un mal lat.
The river has a wide bank.
Ea poartă o eșarfă lată.
She wears a wide scarf.
Bărbatul avea umeri laţi.
The man had broad shoulders.
Fâșiile late de pânză fluturau în vânt.
The wide strips of cloth fluttered in the wind.
Poalele munților erau late și presărate cu sate.
The mountains' foothills were broad and dotted with villages.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lat (m) / lată (f) | laţi (m) / late (f) |
| Genitive | lat (m) / late (f) | laţi (m) / late (f) |
| Accusative | lat (m) / lată (f) | laţi (m) / late (f) |
| Vocative | None | None |
Word family
lățito widen, to broaden
lățimewidth, breadth
lătărețbroadish, flattish (often describing a face)
de-a latulcrosswise, across the width
Etymology
Lat descends from the Latin adjective latus, meaning wide or broad. Latin latus itself traces back through Proto-Italic *stlātos to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to spread out. As Latin evolved into Romanian, the word kept its core meaning and simply lost its case endings, settling into the modern form lat.
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