latex

See also látex, and LaTeX

English

Latex being extracted from a tree

Etymology

From Latin latex

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈleɪtɛks/

Noun

latex (plural latices or latexes)

1. The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
2. An emulsion of rubber in water, used in adhesives and the like.
3. (uncountable) Natural latex rubber, especially non-vulcanized rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

Translations

milky sap

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: simpl. 橡浆 Danish: latex (da) c., saft (da) c. Dutch: latex (nl) Esperanto: laktosuko (eo) Finnish: lateksi (fi) French: latex (fr) Galician: látex (gl) m. German: Latex (de)

Greek: κόμμι (el) (kómmi) n. Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: latice (it) m., lattice (it) m. Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: lateks (pl) m. Portuguese: látex (pt) m. Romanian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: látex (es) m. Swedish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

emulsion

Chinese: Mandarin: simpl. 胶乳

Finnish: lateksi (fi)

External links

• Latex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• exalt

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Latin

Noun

latex (genitive laticēs); m, third declension

1. water
2. liquid, fluid
3. juice