how to pronounce latin

/la.tɛ̃/

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latin is pronounced in two syllables

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ɛ̃

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An example use of latin in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… que doit occuper le latin et je vous le …”

meanings of latin

noun:

The Latin language.
A male of South American or Mediterranean origins.
Latin (person from Latium).
A person from a Romance country such as Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, etc, whose language is derived from Latin.

adjective:

Latin.
Latino.

latin frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word latin occurs in french on average 13.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.