latte
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of caffè latte, from Italian caffè (“coffee”) + latte (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.
Alternative forms
- latté (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.teɪ/, /ˈlæ.teɪ/
Audio (UK) (file) - (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /laˈteɪ/
- Rhymes: -æteɪ, -ɑːteɪ
Noun
latte (plural lattes)
- A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
- 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
- Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.
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- A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).
Synonyms
- caffè latte
- cafe latté
- coffee latté
Coordinate terms
- cafe au lait
- flat white
Derived terms
- vanillatte
Translations
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Noun
latte (plural lattes)
- 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
Afrikaans
Noun
latte
- plural of lat
Finnish
Etymology
From Italian (caffè) latte, probably through English latte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑtːe/, [ˈlɑt̪ːe̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑtːe
- Syllabification(key): lat‧te
Noun
latte
- latte
Declension
| Inflection of latte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | latte | lattet | |
| genitive | latten | lattejen | |
| partitive | lattea | latteja | |
| illative | latteen | latteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | latte | lattet | |
| accusative | nom. | latte | lattet |
| gen. | latten | ||
| genitive | latten | lattejen latteinrare | |
| partitive | lattea | latteja | |
| 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 | |
| Possessive forms of latte (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | latteni | lattemme |
| 2nd person | lattesi | lattenne |
| 3rd person | lattensa | |
| Inflection of latte (Kotus type 8*C/nalle, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | latte | latet | |
| genitive | laten | lattejen | |
| partitive | lattea | latteja | |
| illative | latteen | latteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | latte | latet | |
| accusative | nom. | latte | latet |
| gen. | laten | ||
| genitive | laten | lattejen latteinrare | |
| partitive | lattea | latteja | |
| inessive | latessa | lateissa | |
| elative | latesta | lateista | |
| illative | latteen | latteihin | |
| adessive | latella | lateilla | |
| ablative | latelta | lateilta | |
| allative | latelle | lateille | |
| essive | lattena | latteina | |
| translative | lateksi | lateiksi | |
| instructive | — | latein | |
| abessive | latetta | lateitta | |
| comitative | — | latteineen | |
| Possessive forms of latte (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | latteni | lattemme |
| 2nd person | lattesi | lattenne |
| 3rd person | lattensa | |
Anagrams
- eltta, telta
French
Etymology
From Middle French latte, from Old French latte, late, from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *latta, from Proto-Germanic *lattō. See also German Latte, Dutch lat, and English lath and lattice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lat/
Audio (file)
Noun
latte f (plural lattes)
- lath
- slat
- ruler (Belgium) (measuring device)
- (slang) shoe; foot
- (slang) hit, puff
- (colloquial) ski
- (nautical) batten
Descendants
- → Turkish: lata
Further reading
- “latte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlat.te/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -atte
- Hyphenation: làt‧te
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Catalan llet, French lait, Friulian lat, Galician leite, Piedmontese làit, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche.
Noun
latte m (countable and uncountable, plural latti, diminutive-endearing lattùccio or latticèllo)
- milk
Derived terms
- caffellatte
- dente da latte
- lattaiola
- lattaiolo
- latte artificiale
- latte condensato
- latte di cocco
- latte di mandorla
- latte di soia
- latte in polvere
- latte intero
- latte materno
- lattemiele
- latte parzialmente scremato
- latteria
- latte scremato
- latticello
- lattiero
- lattiginoso
- lattosio
- lattuccio
- tiralatte
Related terms
- allattare
- lattaio
- lattante
- lattasi
- lattazione
- latteo
- lattifero
- lattuga
See also
- colostro
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
latte
- plural of latta
Anagrams
- Letta, letta
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlatːə/
Noun
latte n
- milk
Norman
Etymology
From Old French latte, late, from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *latta.
Noun
latte f (plural lattes)
- (Jersey) lath
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian latte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.tɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -atɛ
- Syllabification: la‧tte
Noun
latte n (indeclinable) or latte f (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) caffè latte
- Synonym: caffè latte
Adjective
latte (not comparable)
- latte (color)
- Synonym: jasnobeżowy
Further reading
- latte in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- latte in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- latti (Campidanese)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Italian latte, Sicilian latti, Catalan llet, French lait, Friulian lat, Galician leite, Piedmontese làit, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlatte/
Noun
latte m (plural lattes)
- milk