latrina

See also: latrína

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lātrīna.

Noun

latrina f (plural latrine)

1. lavatory (public)
2. latrine, bog, shitter
3. outhouse

Related terms

• latrinaio

Anagrams

• antrali, intarla

Latin

Alternative forms

• lātrīnum

Etymology

Monophthongization of lavātrīna (“place to bathe”), compare contracted forms from the same root lautus and lōtus. From lavō (“wash, bathe”) and the suffix -trīna (alternative form of -īna, forming nouns describing places). Compare tōnstrīna (“barbershop”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaːˈtriː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈtriː.na]

Noun

lātrīna f (genitive lātrīnae); first declension

1. (originally) bath
2. lavatory, water closet, toilet, privy

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lātrīna	lātrīnae
genitive	lātrīnae	lātrīnārum
dative	lātrīnae	lātrīnīs
accusative	lātrīnam	lātrīnās
ablative	lātrīnā	lātrīnīs
vocative	lātrīna	lātrīnae

Descendants

• → Catalan: latrina
• → Czech: latrína
• → Dutch: latrine
• → English: latrine
• → French: latrines
• → Galician: latrina
• → German: Latrine
• → Italian: latrina
• → Portuguese: latrina
• → Romanian: latrină
• → Slovak: latrína
• → Spanish: latrina, letrina

References

• “latrina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "latrina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “latrina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “latrina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “latrina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lātrīna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈtɾĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈtɾĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈtɾi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈtɾi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: la‧tri‧na

Noun

latrina f (plural latrinas)

1. latrine (simple toilet facility)

Further reading

• “latrina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Anagrams

• latinar