Ladin

American  

[luh-deen] / ləˈdin /

noun

1. a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.

2. a dialect of Romansh spoken in the Inn River valley of Grisons canton, Switzerland.

3. a person who speaks Ladin.

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Ladin British  

/ læˈdiːn /

noun

1. a Rhaetian dialect spoken in parts of South Tyrol Compare Friulian Romansch

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Etymology

Origin of Ladin

1875–80; < Romansh < Latin Latīnus Latin

Example Sentences

These days, I teach a graduate-level class at American University and recently mentioned the famous August 2001 President’s Daily Brief titled “Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.”

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Ladin likened the situation to deciding who gets into the few lifeboats on the Titanic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

This is a centre of Ladin culture, and this ethnic group, which has lived in the mountains for millennia, still has its own language and customs.

From National Geographic • Apr. 17, 2023

Alexei Ladin, a lawyer in Russian-occupied Crimea, told Reuters he was defending two Ukrainians held there, accused by the FSB of violent attacks against the Russians.

From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2023

One of the main dialects, which is spoken in the Engadine, a valley extending from the source of the Inn to the frontiers of the Tyrolese, is by the inhabitants called Ladin.

From Account of the Romansh Language In a Letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S. by Planta, Joseph, Esq. F. R. S.