latte

See also latté, and Latte

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of caffè latte, from Italian caffè (“coffee”) + latte (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

Alternative forms

• latté (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɑ.teɪ/, /ˈlæ.teɪ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑ.teɪ/, /ˈlæ.teɪ/
• Rhymes: -æteɪ, -ɑːteɪ

Noun

latte (plural lattes)

1. A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
2. A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).

Translations

caffè latte

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拿鐵咖啡 (cmn), 拿铁咖啡 (cmn) (nátiě kāfēi)

• Danish: caffe latte (da)
• French: café au lait (fr) m
• German: Milchkaffee (de) m, Café au Lait (de) m, Caffè Latte (de) m
• Italian: caffellatte (it)

• Japanese: カフェラテ (ja) (kaferate)
• Macedonian: кафе лате (mk) (káfe láte) n
• Russian: латте (ru) (látte) m and n (indeclinable), кофе-латте (ru) (kófe-látte) m and n (indeclinable)
• Spanish: latte (es) m

Synonyms

• caffe latte
• cafe latté
• coffee latté

Etymology 2

Noun

latte (plural lattes)

Wikipedia

1. A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity.

Anagrams

• attle

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Finnish

Noun

latte

1. latte

Declension

Declension of latte (type nalle) singular plural nominative latte lattet genitive latten lattejen lattein1 partitive lattea latteja accusative latte latten lattet inessive lattessa latteissa elative lattesta latteista illative latteen latteihin adessive lattella latteilla ablative lattelta latteilta allative lattelle latteille essive lattena latteina translative latteksi latteiksi instructive – lattein abessive lattetta latteitta comitative – latteineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• eltta

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French

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps an early borrowing from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lat/, X-SAMPA: /lat/

Noun

latte f (plural lattes)

1. lath
2. slat
3. (slang) shoe; foot
4. (colloquial) ski

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin lac, lactem. Compare Catalan llet, Esperanto lakto, French lait, Friulian lat, Interlingua lacte, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche.

Pronunciation

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Noun

latte m (plural latti)

1. milk

Related terms

allattare caffè e latte, caffellatte dente da latte lattaio lattaiolo lattante lattasi lattazione latte artificiale latte condensato latte di cocco latte di mandorle latte di soia lattemiele

latteo latte in polvere latte intero latte materno latte parzialmente scremato latte di soia latte scremato latteria latticello lattiero lattifero lattiginoso lattosio lattuga tiralatte

See also

• colostro

Anagrams

• letta

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Jèrriais

Noun

latte f (plural lattes)

1. lath