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latte.

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

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑː.teɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈlɑ.teɪ/General-American/laˈteɪ/Hong-Kong
  1. A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.

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

    broadly · countable · uncountable
    matcha latte
  3. Affluent leftism.

    attributive · countable · figuratively · informal · uncountable
    latte liberal
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈlæ.ti/
  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.

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