# 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: /ˈlɑ.teɪ/, /ˈlæ.teɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Hong Kong) IPA: /laˈteɪ/
* Rhymes: -æteɪ, -ɑːteɪ

#### Noun

latte (countable and uncountable, plural lattes)
* A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
** 1991, Jayne Ann Krentz, chapter 12, in Sweet Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 208:Lilian Benedict walked into the office carrying two cups of latte.
** 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.
* 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

* avocado latte
* chai latte
* latte art
* latte artist
* latte factor
* latte levy
* latte liberal
* latte-sipping
* poor man's latte
* pumpkin spice latte
* vanillatte

##### Related terms

* café latte
* cosmic latte
* fior di latte
* latte macchiato

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlæti/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### 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: /ˈlɑtːe/, [ˈlɑ̝t̪ːe̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑtːe
* Hyphenation: lat‧te

### Noun

latte
* latte

#### Declension

Possessive forms of latte (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
latteni
latteni
accusative
nom.
latteni
latteni
gen.
latteni
genitive
latteni
lattejeni latteini $^{rare}$
partitive
latteani
lattejani
inessive
lattessani
latteissani
elative
lattestani
latteistani
illative
latteeni
latteihini
adessive
lattellani
latteillani
ablative
latteltani
latteiltani
allative
lattelleni
latteilleni
essive
lattenani
latteinani
translative
lattekseni
latteikseni
abessive
lattettani
latteittani
instructive
comitative
—latteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattesi
lattesi
accusative
nom.
lattesi
lattesi
gen.
lattesi
genitive
lattesi
lattejesi latteisi $^{rare}$
partitive
latteasi
lattejasi
inessive
lattessasi
latteissasi
elative
lattestasi
latteistasi
illative
latteesi
latteihisi
adessive
lattellasi
latteillasi
ablative
latteltasi
latteiltasi
allative
lattellesi
latteillesi
essive
lattenasi
latteinasi
translative
latteksesi
latteiksesi
abessive
lattettasi
latteittasi
instructive
comitative
—latteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattemme
lattemme
accusative
nom.
lattemme
lattemme
gen.
lattemme
genitive
lattemme
lattejemme latteimme $^{rare}$
partitive
latteamme
lattejamme
inessive
lattessamme
latteissamme
elative
lattestamme
latteistamme
illative
latteemme
latteihimme
adessive
lattellamme
latteillamme
ablative
latteltamme
latteiltamme
allative
lattellemme
latteillemme
essive
lattenamme
latteinamme
translative
latteksemme
latteiksemme
abessive
lattettamme
latteittamme
instructive
comitative
—latteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattenne
lattenne
accusative
nom.
lattenne
lattenne
gen.
lattenne
genitive
lattenne
lattejenne latteinne $^{rare}$
partitive
latteanne
lattejanne
inessive
lattessanne
latteissanne
elative
lattestanne
latteistanne
illative
latteenne
latteihinne
adessive
lattellanne
latteillanne
ablative
latteltanne
latteiltanne
allative
lattellenne
latteillenne
essive
lattenanne
latteinanne
translative
latteksenne
latteiksenne
abessive
lattettanne
latteittanne
instructive
comitative
—latteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattensa
lattensa
accusative
nom.
lattensa
lattensa
gen.
lattensa
genitive
lattensa
lattejensa latteinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
latteaan latteansa
lattejaan lattejansa
inessive
lattessaan lattessansa
latteissaan latteissansa
elative
lattestaan lattestansa
latteistaan latteistansa
illative
latteensa
latteihinsa
adessive
lattellaan lattellansa
latteillaan latteillansa
ablative
latteltaan latteltansa
latteiltaan latteiltansa
allative
lattelleen lattellensa
latteilleen latteillensa
essive
lattenaan lattenansa
latteinaan latteinansa
translative
lattekseen latteksensa
latteikseen latteiksensa
abessive
lattettaan lattettansa
latteittaan latteittansa
instructive
comitative
—latteineen latteinensa :
Possessive forms of latte (Kotus type 8*C/nalle, tt-t gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
latteni
latteni
accusative
nom.
latteni
latteni
gen.
latteni
genitive
latteni
lattejeni latteini $^{rare}$
partitive
latteani
lattejani
inessive
latessani
lateissani
elative
latestani
lateistani
illative
latteeni
latteihini
adessive
latellani
lateillani
ablative
lateltani
lateiltani
allative
latelleni
lateilleni
essive
lattenani
latteinani
translative
latekseni
lateikseni
abessive
latettani
lateittani
instructive
comitative
—latteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattesi
lattesi
accusative
nom.
lattesi
lattesi
gen.
lattesi
genitive
lattesi
lattejesi latteisi $^{rare}$
partitive
latteasi
lattejasi
inessive
latessasi
lateissasi
elative
latestasi
lateistasi
illative
latteesi
latteihisi
adessive
latellasi
lateillasi
ablative
lateltasi
lateiltasi
allative
latellesi
lateillesi
essive
lattenasi
latteinasi
translative
lateksesi
lateiksesi
abessive
latettasi
lateittasi
instructive
comitative
—latteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattemme
lattemme
accusative
nom.
lattemme
lattemme
gen.
lattemme
genitive
lattemme
lattejemme latteimme $^{rare}$
partitive
latteamme
lattejamme
inessive
latessamme
lateissamme
elative
latestamme
lateistamme
illative
latteemme
latteihimme
adessive
latellamme
lateillamme
ablative
lateltamme
lateiltamme
allative
latellemme
lateillemme
essive
lattenamme
latteinamme
translative
lateksemme
lateiksemme
abessive
latettamme
lateittamme
instructive
comitative
—latteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattenne
lattenne
accusative
nom.
lattenne
lattenne
gen.
lattenne
genitive
lattenne
lattejenne latteinne $^{rare}$
partitive
latteanne
lattejanne
inessive
latessanne
lateissanne
elative
latestanne
lateistanne
illative
latteenne
latteihinne
adessive
latellanne
lateillanne
ablative
lateltanne
lateiltanne
allative
latellenne
lateillenne
essive
lattenanne
latteinanne
translative
lateksenne
lateiksenne
abessive
latettanne
lateittanne
instructive
comitative
—latteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lattensa
lattensa
accusative
nom.
lattensa
lattensa
gen.
lattensa
genitive
lattensa
lattejensa latteinsa $^{rare}$
partitive
latteaan latteansa
lattejaan lattejansa
inessive
latessaan latessansa
lateissaan lateissansa
elative
latestaan latestansa
lateistaan lateistansa
illative
latteensa
latteihinsa
adessive
latellaan latellansa
lateillaan lateillansa
ablative
lateltaan lateltansa
lateiltaan lateiltansa
allative
latelleen latellensa
lateilleen lateillensa
essive
lattenaan lattenansa
latteinaan latteinansa
translative
latekseen lateksensa
lateikseen lateiksensa
abessive
latettaan latettansa
lateittaan lateittansa
instructive
comitative
—latteineen latteinensa :

### Further reading

* “latte”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* eltta, telta

## French
### Etymology

Inherited 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: /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

* → Ottoman Turkish: لاطه (lata)
** Turkish: lata
** → Armenian: լաթա (latʻa)

### Further reading

* “latte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlat.te/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atte
* Hyphenation: làt‧te

### Etymology 1

From Late Latin lactem.

#### 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
* latte parzialmente scremato
* latte scremato
* latte vegetale
* lattemiele
* latteria
* latticello
* lattiero
* lattiginoso
* lattosio
* lattuccio
* slattare
* 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
### Etymology

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlattə/

### Noun

latte m
* milk

### References

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1201: “colare il latte” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

## 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: /ˈla.tɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atɛ
* Syllabification: la‧tte
* Homophone: Latę

### Noun

latte n or f (indeclinable)
* (colloquial) caffè latte (espresso coffee with steamed milk)
    Synonym: caffè latte

### Adjective

latte (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* latte (color)
    Synonym: jasnobeżowy

### Further reading

* latte I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* latte II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* latte in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* latti (Campidanese)

### Etymology

From Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlatte/

### Noun

latte m (plural lattes)
* milk