lates
SayLAYTS/leɪts/
Plurallates
- 1Plural of late. Use this form when you mean more than one.
The museum runs lates with live music every month.
We went to two different lates last weekend.
Note
- 2SayLAY-teezUS/ˈleɪtiz/UK/ˈleɪtiːz/A large fish of a group that includes the Nile perch and the barramundi.
Like a giant cousin of the perch you might catch in a local lake.
Fishermen on the lake pulled in several huge lates that morning.
The lates is prized for its firm white flesh.
Note
lates is a form of late
late, noun: A work shift near the end of the day or at night. Full entry
- Forms
- latelates plural
- Spelling
- late → lates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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Origin
A scientific Latin name that comes from Ancient Greek látos, meaning 'Nile perch'. Its origin is not certain.