German

Noun

Latte f ‎(genitive Latte, plural Latten)

1. lath
2. (slang) erection

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• latté (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.teɪ/, /ˈlæ.teɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /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.
   • 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.

2. A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).

Synonyms

• caffe latte
• cafe latté
• coffee latté

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

latte ‎(plural lattes)

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

Finnish

Noun

latte

1. latte

Declension

Anagrams

• eltta

French

Etymology

From Germanic, see also German Latte, Dutch lat, and English lattice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Noun

latte f ‎(plural lattes)

1. lath
2. slat
3. ruler (measuring device)
4. (slang) shoe; foot
5. (colloquial) ski

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

latte m ‎(plural latti)

1. milk

Related terms

Noun

latte

1. plural of latta

See also

• colostro

Anagrams

• letta

Norman

Noun

latte f ‎(plural lattes)

1. (Jersey) lath