Standard Lemma guide

latte

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɑː.teɪ/
  • General-American: /ˈlɑ.teɪ/
  • Hong-Kong: /laˈteɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æteɪ
  • rhymes with -ɑːteɪ
  • /ˈlæ.ti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AA1 T EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caffè latte, cafe latté, coffee latté

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • matcha latte

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Affluent leftism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • latte liberal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caffe latte

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: espresso

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: melkkoffie — caffè latte
  • Afrikaans: latte — caffè latte
  • Arabic: لَاتَيه (lātēh) — caffè latte
  • Armenian: լատտէ (lattē) — caffè latte
  • Bulgarian: ла́те (láte) — caffè latte
  • Bulgarian: кафела́те (kafeláte) — caffè latte
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拿鐵咖啡 /拿铁咖啡 (nátiě kāfēi) — caffè latte
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拿鐵 /拿铁 (nátiě) — caffè latte
  • Danish: caffe latte — caffè latte
  • Finnish: latte — caffè latte
  • Finnish: maitokahvi — caffè latte
  • French: café au lait — caffè latte
  • German: Milchkaffee — caffè latte
  • German: Café au Lait — caffè latte
  • German: Caffè Latte — caffè latte
  • Italian: caffellatte — caffè latte
  • Japanese: ラテ (rate) — caffè latte
  • Japanese: カフェラテ — caffè latte
  • Japanese: カフェラッテ (kafe ratte) — caffè latte
  • Khmer: ឡាតេ (laatee) — caffè latte
  • Korean: 라떼 (ratte) — caffè latte
  • Korean: 카페라떼 (kaperatte) — caffè latte
  • Lao: ລາຕເທ (lāt thē) — caffè latte
  • Lao: ລາເຕ້ (lā tē) — caffè latte
  • Macedonian: ка́фе ла́те (káfe láte) — caffè latte
  • Polish: latte — caffè latte
  • Portuguese: latte — caffè latte
  • Russian: ла́тте (látte) — caffè latte
  • Russian: ко́фе-ла́тте (kófe-látte) — caffè latte
  • Serbo-Croatian: бије̑ла ка̀ва — caffè latte
  • Spanish: latte — caffè latte
  • Swedish: latte — caffè latte
  • Swedish: caffè latte — caffè latte
  • Swedish: kaffe latte — caffè latte
  • Thai: ลาเต้ (lát-dtee) — caffè latte
  • Northern Thai: ᩃᩢ᩠ᨲᨴᩮ — caffè latte
  • Turkish: latte — caffè latte
  • Vietnamese: cà phê latte — caffè latte