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English

  1. Latin (language)
  2. Latin language

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 印歐語系語言;梵蒂岡嘅官方語言;係古羅馬嘅語言,對後世影響深遠,歐洲各地喺羅馬滅亡之後仍然用咗好耐,歐洲各國而家嘅語言亦都吸收咗好多拉丁文嘅元素,天主教會嘅儀式更一直都用拉丁文進行,近年先唔再廣泛使用

Examples

  • 拉丁文係未來嘅語言!

    Latin is the language of the future!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 圖皮對巴西嘅意義,就好似拉丁文同希臘文對西方世界嘅意義一樣:佢係一種令我哋接觸到我哋嘅文化同精神根源嘅語言。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 我要開始學拉丁文了。

    I am going to start learning Latin.

    Tatoeba · shou CC BY

  • 許多英文單字源自於拉丁文。

    Many English words are derived from Latin.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 拉丁文是宗教與文化的語言。

    Latin was the language of religion and culture.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 羅馬人如果必須先學拉丁文的話,是沒有機會征服世界的。

    The Romans would never have had the chance to conquer the world if they had first been required to study Latin.

    Tatoeba · DeSha CC BY

  • 笛卡兒曾經用拉丁文寫過書。

    Descartes wrote a book in Latin.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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