Latch

English

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A latch

Etymology

Middle English latche (“‘a latch’”) from lacchen (“‘to seize’”) from Old English læċċan (“‘to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize’”) from Proto-Germanic *lak(w)janan, lakkijanan (“‘to seize’”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lag-, (s)lagw- (“‘to take, seize’”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lăch, IPA: /lætʃ/, SAMPA: /l{tS/

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• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Noun

Singular Latch

Plural latch

Latch (latch)

1. A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side
2. A flip-flop electronic circuit
3. (obsolete) A latching.
4. (obsolete) A crossbow.

Derived terms

• on the latch

Translations

fastening for a door

Albanian: reze, bakllama Dutch: slot nl(nl) Finnish: säppi fi(fi), salpa fi(fi) Italian: chiavistello it(it) m.

Russian: щеколда ru(ru) f. Simplified Chinese: [[门闩#Template:Zh-cn|门闩]], [[门扣#Template:Zh-cn|门扣]] Spanish: cerrojo es(es) m.

flip-flop electronic circuit

latching

crossbow

Dutch: kruisboog nl(nl)

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Spanish: pestillo, picaporte

Telugu: గడియ (gaDiya)

Verb

Infinitive to Latch

Third person singular latch

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Latch (third-person singular simple present latch, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

1. To close or lock as if with a latch

Derived terms

• latch on
• latch on to
• latch onto

Translations

• Finnish: salvata, panna säppiin