latero

See also: latero-

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧te‧ro

Noun

latero

1. a tinsmith
2. a roofer; a craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin latus, stem later-.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [laˈtero]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: la‧te‧ro

Noun

latero (accusative singular lateron, plural lateroj, accusative plural laterojn)

1. (geometry) side (of a polygon, etc.)

Derived terms

• dekdulatero (“dodecagon”)
• deklatero (“decagon”)
• dekunulatero (“hendecagon”)
• dulatero (“digon”)
• kvarlatero (“quadrilateral”)
• kvinlatero (“pentagon”)
• naŭlatero (“nonagon”)
• oklatero (“octagon”)
• plurlatero (“polygon”)
• seplatero (“septagon”)
• seslatero (“hexagon”)
• trilatero (“triangle”)

 

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English lateral, French latéral, Italian laterale and Spanish lateral, all ultimately from Latin lātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈtero/

Noun

latero (plural lateri)

1. (geometry) side, surface, edge

   ca latero di la domo ― this side of the house

   Triangulo havas tri lateri. ― A triangle has three sides.

2. side, aspect

   ye (la) altra latero ― on the other hand

   Omna afero havas du lateri. ― Every matter has two sides.

3. (anatomy) the whole left or right side of the human body, flank

Antonyms

• centro

Derived terms

• latera (“side”)
• latere (“by the way, aside”)
• laterala (“lateral”)
• adlatere (“sideways (with movement)”)
• equilatera (“equilateral”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈteɾo/ [laˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: la‧te‧ro

Adjective

latero (feminine latera, masculine plural lateros, feminine plural lateras)

1. dull; boring

Noun

latero m (plural lateros, feminine latera, feminine plural lateras)

1. tinsmith

Further reading

• “latero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28