latte

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latte¹

  • /ˈlɑː.teɪ/ UK
  • /ˈlɑ.teɪ/ US
  • /laˈteɪ/ Hong Kong

Rhymes with -æteɪ, -ɑːteɪ

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of caffè latte, from Italian caffellatte, ultimately from Latin lac, lactis.

noun lattes · latté

  1. countable, uncountable A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. Lilian Benedict walked into the office carrying two cups of latte.

    Similar: caffè latte, cafe latté, coffee latté

  2. broadly, countable, uncountable A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea). matcha latte
  3. attributive, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable Affluent leftism. latte liberal

latte²

  • /ˈlæ.ti/

noun 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: coffee, cream, chocolate, crème, creamer, custard, cafe, coffeehouse, café, milk, dairy, lotion, moisturizer, nonfat, latté, latte art

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noun caffè latte

Españollatte
한국어라떼 ratte, 카페라떼 kaperatte, 카페 라떼 kape ratte
日本語ラテ rate, カフェラテ, カフェラッテ kafe ratte
中文拿鐵咖啡 /拿铁咖啡 nátiě kāfēi, 拿鐵 /拿铁 nátiě
Portuguêslatte
Françaiscafé au lait, latte
DeutschMilchkaffee, Café au Lait, Caffè Latte, Latte
Italianocaffellatte
Русскийла́тте láttɛ, ко́фе-ла́тте kófe-láttɛ
Tiếng Việtcà phê latte
العربيةلَاتَيه lātēh

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@misc{latte_2026,
  title = {latte},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/latte},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}