Latinx
Syllables: La·ti·nxUK/ləˈtiːn.ɛks/US/ləˈtin.ɛks/
Latinx adjective: of Latin American descent or origin.
Adjective
Latinx (not comparable)
- Of Latin American descent or origin.
- (which see for more)
- "Black and/or Latinx transgender people often find ourselves the target of increased police hostility,..."2015, Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith, Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, →ISBN
Noun
Latinx (plural Latinxs or Latinx or Latinxes)
- A Latin person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina.
- (which see for more)
- @nmoon Looks can be deceiving, but I "see" no Latinx, several multi-racials, 3 whites 90% AfrAm. I don't see anyone who looks solely AsAmer2008 July 26, Elisa Camahort Page, “Elisa Camahort Page on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2016
Examples of Latinx in a sentence
- […] anti-black racism, anti-Latinx racism, […]2016, Charles J. Sykes., Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education, →ISBN, page 188:
- Actually, among people that the police frisked, black and Latinx people were less likely than white people to have a weapon on them.2019 November 18, Derecka Purnell, “Bloomberg's weak apology for stop-and-frisk is too little, too late”, in The Guardian:
- @metalmujer @soylamar there's also a variant with an x (Latinxs, maestrxs, etc.) but not quite as popular as @2011 April 20, Karari Kue, “Karari Kue on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2016:
- @kararikue @metalmujer I would love to read more abt the variations of Latin@ Latinx send me links, working on a presentation on diversity2011 April 21, Reina Valenzuela, “Reina Valenzuela on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2016:
Synonyms of Latinx
Forms of Latinx
| plural | Latinxs |
|---|---|
| plural | Latinx |
| plural | Latinxes |
Origin of Latinx
The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o. Reinforced by United States Spanish latinx.
Questions about Latinx
- What does Latinx mean?
- Latinx means of Latin American descent or origin.
- How do you use Latinx in a sentence?
- […] anti-black racism, anti-Latinx racism, […]
- What part of speech is Latinx?
- Latinx can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Latinx?
- Latinx is pronounced /ləˈtiːn.ɛks/ (UK).
Words near Latinx in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Latinx (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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