Latin@

See also: latin, Latin, latín, látin, and Latîn

English

Etymology

@ resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o. The pronunciation ending in /-aʊ̯/ is from how Latinao would be pronounced; the one ending in /-eɪ/ uses (approximately) the sound of Spanish -e, a vowel between a and o.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ləˈtinaʊ/, /læˈtinaʊ/, /ləˈtineɪ/, /læˈtineɪ/, or as the full phrase "Latino and Latina"

Noun

Latin@ (plural Latin@s)

Someone of Latin American descent; a Latino or Latina.
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Latin@.

Adjective

Latin@ (not comparable)

Hispanic; Latino or Latina.

Synonyms

Latinx, Latina/o, Latino/a

Anagrams

talin

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