latitude

Other forms of latitude

plural

latitudes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about latitude

What does latitude mean?

latitude means "the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in latitude?

latitude has 3 syllables: lat-i-tude. The stress falls on "lat". In IPA it is /ˈlætəˌtud/.

What is another word for latitude?

Close synonyms include line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is latitude a common word?

latitude is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with latitude?

19 words rhyme with latitude. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.