English

Noun

lats

1. plural of lat: staves; pillars.

Etymology 2

Clipping of latrine (q.v.) + -s.^[1]

Noun

lats pl ‎(normally plural, singular lat)

1. (Britain slang) Latrines: rudimentary or military facilities for urination and defecation.
   • 1927, William Edward Collinson, Contemporary English, p. 92:

     At Salisbury Plain and Camberley in 1909/10 I learnt a number of camping expressions like... lats (latrines).

   • 1940, M. Marples, Public School Slang, p. 112:

     Other synonyms [sc. for lavatories] are rears, lats... and dubs.

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:bathroom

Etymology 3

From Latvian lats, from Latvija ‎(“Latvia”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɑːts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /lɑts/

Noun

lats

1. plural of lat: the former currency or money of Latvia.
2. (historical numismatics) Alternative form of lat (plural lati).

Etymology 4

A clipping of Latin latissimus + -s^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læts/

Noun

lats pl ‎(normally plural, singular lat)

1. (slang) The latissimus dorsi muscles.

Etymology 5

A clipping of latitude + -s.

Noun

lats

1. plural of lat: latitude.

Anagrams

• last
• salt
• slat

References

1. ↑ "lat, n.³" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1976), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. ↑ "lat, n.⁴" in the Oxford English Dictionary (1997), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Latvian

Pieci lati

Etymology

A reduced form of Latvija, first used in 1922 to name the new currency that replaced the Latvian rublis.

Pronunciation

Noun

lats m (1st declension)

1. lats (monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014)

   pieci lati‎ ― five lats

   papīra lats‎ ― paper lats (i.e., bills, banknotes)

   lata kurss‎ ― the exchange rate of the lats

   grāmata maksā divus latus‎ ― the book costs two lats

Declension

Swedish

Noun

lats ?

1. lats, currency of Latvia
2. indefinite genitive singular of lat