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{{also|LaTeX|Latex|látex}}
==English==
[[Image:Latex-production.jpg|thumb|Latex being extracted from a tree]]

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|NL.|latex||clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid}}, a later use of {{der|en|la|latex||water; liquid, fluid}}. Potentially a borrowing from {{cog|grc|λᾰ́τᾰξ||drop of wine}}, reformed by analogy to other nouns in -''ex''. The semantic shift, however, from ''drop of wine'' to ''water'' is difficult to explain and may indicate that both words originated from a separate language. Perhaps from the same root as {{cog|cel-pro|*lati-}} ({{cog|sga|laith||liquid, beer}}, {{cog|cy|llad||beer}}) or {{cog|gem-pro|*ladjō-}} ({{cog|goh|letto||clay, loam}}, {{cog|non|leðja||mud, dregs}}) or from a {{cog|qsb-grc}} language.<ref>{{R:itc:EDL|page=329|head=latex}}</ref><ref>{{R:grc:Beekes|head=λάταξ|page=837|volume=I}}</ref><ref>{{R:nl:Philippa EWN 2009|latex}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈleɪtɛks/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-latex.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈleɪˌtɛks/|a=US}}
* {{hyphenation|en|la|tex}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~|latices|+}}

# {{lb|en|medicine|archaic|rare}} A [[clear]] liquid believed to be a [[component]] of a [[humour]] or other [[bodily]] [[fluid]] {{gloss|esp. [[plasma]] and [[lymph]]}}
# The milky [[sap]] of several [[tree]]s that [[coagulate]]s on exposure to air; used to make [[rubber]].
# An [[emulsion]] of rubber in water, used in [[adhesive]]s and the like.
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} Natural latex rubber, ''especially'' non-[[vulcanized]] rubber, such as is used in making latex gloves, latex condoms, and latex clothing.

====Derived terms====
* [[latex paint]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|milky sap}}
* Albanian: {{t-needed|sq}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|լատեքս}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|латекс|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|làtex|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|橡漿|tr=xiàngjiāng}}
* Classical Nahuatl: {{t|nci|olli}}
* Danish: {{t|da|latex|c}}, {{t|da|saft|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|latex}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|laktosuko}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lateksi}}, {{t+|fi|maitiaisneste}}
* French: {{t+|fr|latex|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|látex|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Latex|m}}, {{t|de|Milchsaft|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κόμμι|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|לטקס|m|tr=láteks}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|latex}}, {{t+|hu|tejnedv}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|getah}}, {{t+|id|lateks}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|latice|m}}, {{t+|it|lattice|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|乳液|tr=にゅうえき, nyūeki|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|乳汁|tr=にゅうじゅう, nyūjū|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|ラテックス|tr=ratekkusu|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|라텍스}}
* Latin: {{t|la|latex}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|lateks|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|látex|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|latex|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ла́текс|m|tr=látɛks}}, {{t|ru|мле́чный сок|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|látex|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|latex}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|lateks}}, {{t+|tr|öz su}}
* Vietnamese: {{t-needed|vi}}
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{{trans-top|emulsion}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|làtex|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|膠乳|tr=gaau1 jyu5}}, {{t|yue|乳膠|tr=jyu5 gaau1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|膠乳|tr=jiāorǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|乳膠|tr=rǔjiāo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lateksi}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|látex|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Latex|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|latex}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|lateks|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|látex|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ла́текс|m|tr=látɛks}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|látex|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|latex|c|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|lateks}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Further reading====
* {{pedia}}

===References===
<references/>
* {{R:OED Online|title=latex|code=106100|part of speech=n|date=June 2015}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeltx|-taxel|exalt|taxel}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|NL.|latex||clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid}}, a later use of {{der|fr|la|latex||water; liquid, fluid}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-latex.wav|a=Canada}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|-}}

# {{l|en|latex}} {{gloss|[[milky]] [[sap]] of [[tree]]s}}
# latex {{gloss|[[emulsion]] of [[rubber]] in [[water]]}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
|pas de latex, pas de sexe
|pas de sexe sans latex
}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
Potentially a borrowing from {{cog|grc|λᾰ́τᾰξ||drop of wine}}, reformed by analogy to other nouns in -''ex''. The semantic shift, however, from ''drop of wine'' to ''water'' is difficult to explain and may indicate that both words originated from a separate language. Perhaps from the same root as {{cog|cel-pro|*lati-}} ({{cog|sga|laith||liquid, beer}}, {{cog|cy|llad||beer}}) or {{cog|gem-pro|*ladjō-}} ({{cog|goh|letto||clay, loam}}, {{cog|non|leðja||mud, dregs}}) or from a {{cog|qsb-grc}} language.<ref>{{R:itc:EDL|page=329|head=latex}}</ref><ref>{{R:grc:Beekes|head=λάταξ|page=837|volume=I}}</ref><ref>{{R:nl:Philippa EWN 2009|latex}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|latex|eccl=1}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|latex<3>|g=m}}

# {{lb|la|classical|chiefly|poetic}} [[water]]
# {{lb|la|classical|chiefly|poetic}} [[liquid]], [[fluid]]
# {{lb|la|classical|chiefly|poetic|in plural}} [[spring]]s
# {{lb|la|classical|chiefly|poetic}} [[juice]], [[oil]], [[milk]]
# {{lb|la|New Latin|medicine}} A [[clear]] liquid believed to be a [[component]] of a [[humour]] or other [[bodily]] [[fluid]] {{gloss|esp. [[plasma]] and [[lymph]]}}
# {{lb|la|New Latin|botany}} Milky liquid which exudes from a plant when cut and which coagulates on exposure to air.

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|latex<3>}}

====Descendants====
{{col-top|5}}
* {{desc|en|latex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|hy|լատեքս|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ca|làtex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|da|latex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|nl|latex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|eo|laktosuko|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fi|lateksi|bor=1}}
* {{desc|fr|latex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|gl|látex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|Latex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|io|latexo|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bor=1|it|latice|lattice}}
* {{desc|ja|ラテックス|tr=ratekkusu|bor=1}}
* {{desc|pl|lateks|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pt|látice|látex}}
* {{desc|ro|latex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|ru|ла́текс|bor=1}}
* {{desc|es|látex|bor=1}}
* {{desc|sv|latex|bor=1}}
{{col-bottom}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
* {{R:OED Online|title=latex|code=106100|part of speech=n|date=June 2015}}
<references/>

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|latex}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|latexuri}}

# {{l|en|latex}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Swedish==

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{l|en|latex}} (sap)
# {{l|en|latex}} (latex rubber)

====Declension====
{{sv-noun-unc-irreg-c|2=latexen}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}