noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlɑː.teɪ/
General-American:/ˈlɑ.teɪ/
Hong-Kong:/laˈteɪ/
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rhymes with -æteɪ
rhymes with -ɑːteɪ
/ˈlæ.ti/
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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
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