adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lactic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈlæktɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to, or producing, lactic acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- lactic fermentation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lactic acid
- lactic fermentation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: حَلِيبِيّ (ḥalībiyy) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Arabic: لَبَنِيّ (labaniyy) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Belarusian: мало́чны (malóčny) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Bulgarian: мле́чен (mléčen) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Catalan: lacti — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Catalan: làctic — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Czech: mléčný — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Esperanto: lakta — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Finnish: maito- — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- French: lactique — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- German: Milch- — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Hebrew: חֲלָבִי (khalaví) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Macedonian: млечен (mlečen) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Manx: bainnagh — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Polish: mleczny — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Portuguese: láctico — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Portuguese: lático — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Romanian: lactic — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Russian: моло́чный (molóčnyj) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Serbo-Croatian: мле̑чнӣ — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Serbo-Croatian: млије̑чнӣ — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Serbo-Croatian: mlȇčnī — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Serbo-Croatian: mlijȇčnī — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Slovak: mliečny — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Slovene: mlečen — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Spanish: láctico — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Spanish: lácteo — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Ukrainian: моло́чний (molóčnyj) — of, relating to, or derived from milk
- Welsh: lactig — of, relating to, or derived from milk
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