lactic

English

Etymology

From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæktɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æktɪk

Adjective

lactic (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
2. (biochemistry) Relating to, or producing, lactic acid.

   lactic fermentation

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

     In the morning the blood was crowded with commuters, the glucose peons, lactic and ureic sanitation workers, hemoglobinous deliverymen carrying loads of freshly brewed oxygen in their dented vans, […]

Derived terms

• heterolactic
• lactic acid
• lactylic
• lactylate

Related terms

• lactate
• lactation

Translations

of, relating to, or derived from milk

• Arabic: حَلِيبِيّ‎ (ḥalībiyy), لَبَنِيّ‎ (labaniyy)
• Belarusian: мало́чны (malóčny)
• Bulgarian: мле́чен (bg) (mléčen)
• Czech: mléčný (cs)
• Esperanto: lakta
• Finnish: maito-
• French: lactique (fr)
• German: Milch- (de)
• Hebrew: חֲלָבִי‎‎ (khalaví)
• Macedonian: млечен (mlečen)
• Manx: bainnagh

• Polish: mleczny (pl)
• Portuguese: láctico, lático (Brazil)
• Romanian: lactic (ro)
• Russian: моло́чный (ru) (molóčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мле̑чнӣ, млије̑чнӣ

  Roman: mlȇčnī, mlijȇčnī (sh)

• Slovak: mliečny (sk)
• Slovene: mlečen (sl)
• Spanish: láctico (es), lácteo (es)
• Ukrainian: моло́чний (uk) (molóčnyj)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French lactique

Adjective

lactic m or n (feminine singular lactică, masculine plural lactici, feminine and neuter plural lactice)

1. lactic

Declension

Declension of lactic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	lactic		lactică	lactici	lactice
	definite	lacticul		lactica	lacticii	lacticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	lactic		lactice	lactici	lactice
	definite	lacticului		lacticei	lacticilor	lacticelor