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Definition: Latchkey |
LatchkeyNoun1. Passkey for raising or drawing back a latch (especially on an outside door). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "latchkey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1887. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrumentality | Opener; key; master key, passkey, latchkey; " open sesame "; passport, passe-partout, safe-conduct, password. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Latchkey |
| English words defined with "latchkey": Passe partout. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "latchkey": latchkey child. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | My Lady's Latchkey (1921) The Forgotten Latchkey (1913) When Jones Lost His Latchkey (1912) The Latchkey (1910) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Latchkey" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Latchkey" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "latchkey": latchkey child. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
latchkey kid | 54 |
latchkey | 25 |
latchkey child | 23 |
latchkey law | 5 |
latchkey program | 5 |
latchkey rapist | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "latchkey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | senger, çelës porte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفتاح المزلاج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | секретен ключ (passkey). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | patentní klíè (latch key). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sleutelkind (latchkey child). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | avain (identifier, key, tuple identifier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | clef de la porte d'entrée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Drücker (handle, latch, push button, trigger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλειδίο αυτόματου κλείθρου, κλειδί εξώπορτασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lakáskulcs (latch key), kapukulcs (latch key). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chiave di serratura a scatto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鍵っ子 (latchkey child). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かぎっ" (latchkey child). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ogher hie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atchkeylay copil lãsat în casa neîncuiatã (latchkey child). (various references) ключ английского замка, отмычка (false key, master key, master-key, passe-partout, passkey, picklock, skeleton key). (various references) ključ od hodnika (latch key). (various references) llavín. (various references) portnyckel (latch key, latch-key, passkey). (various references) เกี่ยวกับเ"็กที่อยู่ ายในบ้านโ"ยไม่มีคน"ูแลหลังเลิกเรียน. (various references) kapı anahtarı, ön kapı anahtarı. (various references) відмичка (jemmy, master key, passe-partout, passkey, picklock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "latchkey": latchkeys. (additional references) | |
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"Latchkey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atchley, Blatchley. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-k-l-t-y" | |
-2 letters: acetyl, chalet, chalky, hackle, hackly, hyetal, klatch, lackey, leachy, tackey, tackle, talcky, thecal. | |
-3 letters: cakey, chalk, cheat, chela, chyle, cleat, eclat, ethyl, hacek, ketch, kythe, lacey, latch, lathe, lathy, latke, leach, leaky, letch, lycea, tache, tacky, talky, teach, techy, thack, theca, yacht. | |
-4 letters: ache, achy, acyl, alec, alky, cake, caky, calk, cate, celt, chat, chay, clay, each, eath, etch, hack, haet, hake, hale, halt, hate, heal, heat, heck, hyla, hyte, kale, khat, khet, kyat, kyte, lace, lack, lacy, lake, lakh, laky, late, lath, leak, lech, tace, tach, tack, tael, take, talc, tale, talk, teak, teal, tela, thae, they, tyke, yack, yeah, yech, yelk. | |
-5 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ate, aye, cat, cay, cel, eat, elk, eta, eth, hae, hat, hay, het, hey, kae, kat, kay, kea, key, lac, lat, lay, lea, lek, let, ley, lye, tae, tea, tel, the, thy, tye, yah, yak, yea, yeh, yet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-k-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: latchkeys. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 74 63 68 6B 65 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- - -.-. .... -.- . -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01101011 01100101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a t c h k e y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0074 0063 0068 006B 0065 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4667866974777191 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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