dog Latin

English

Alternative forms

Dog Latin, dog latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Chambers 1908 links it to doggerel.”)

Proper noun

dog Latin

Bad, erroneous Latin.

Synonyms

macaronic Latin
Canis Latinicus

Translations

bad, erroneous Latin

Afrikaans: kombuislatyn
Dutch: potjeslatijn (nl) n (literally “jar Latin”)
French: latin macaronique m, latin de cuisine (fr) m (literally “kitchen Latin”)
German: Küchenlatein (de) n (literally “kitchen Latin”)
Irish: Laidin bhacach f
Italian: latino maccheronico m
Polish: łacina kuchenna f (also used to mean "swearwords")
Russian: кухонная латы́нь (kuxonnaja latýnʹ, literally “kitchen Latin”)
Spanish: latín macarrónico m, latinajo (es) m
Swedish: kökslatin (sv) n

Anagrams

antigold, toadling

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