lateks

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch latex, from New Latin latex (“clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid”), a later use of Latin latex (“water; liquid, fluid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.tɛks/
• Rhymes: -tɛks, -ɛks, -ks, -s
• Hyphenation: la‧teks

Noun

lateks (plural lateks-lateks, first-person possessive lateksku, second-person possessive lateksmu, third-person possessive lateksnya)

1. latex: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

   Synonym: getah

Further reading

• “lateks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin latex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.tɛks/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɛks
• Syllabification: la‧teks

Noun

lateks m inan

1. latex (milky sap)
2. latex (emulsion)

Declension

Declension of lateks

	singular
nominative	lateks
genitive	lateksu
dative	lateksowi
accusative	lateks
instrumental	lateksem
locative	lateksie
vocative	lateksie

Derived terms

adjective

• lateksowy

 

Further reading

• lateks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lateks in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǎteks/
• Hyphenation: la‧teks

Noun

làteks m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀текс)

1. latex