latte

  1. (countable, uncountable) A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).
  3. (attributive, countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable) Affluent leftism.

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɑ.teɪ/
Etymology

Ellipsis of caffè latte, from Italian caffè (“coffee”) + latte (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

caffe latte

coffee with milk

Caffè Latte

latte

cafè amb llet

latte

Kaffee mit Milch

Café au Lait

caffè e latte

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