latte
UK /ˈlɑː.teɪ/ · US /ˈlɑ.teɪ/ noun
Forms lattes
- noun A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
- noun (by extension) A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea). “matcha latte”
- noun (figurative, informal, attributive) Affluent leftism. “latte liberal”
- noun 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.
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Etymology
Ellipsis of caffè latte, from Italian caffellatte, ultimately from Latin lac, lactis.
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