Latte

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈlÉ‘.teɪ/, /ˈlæ.teɪ/
• US IPA: /ˈlÉ‘.teɪ/, /ˈlæ.teɪ/
• Rhymes: -æteɪ, -ɑːteɪ

Abbreviation of caffè latte, from Italian caffè ("coffee") + latte ("milk"), from Latin lac, lactis.

Alternative forms

• latté nonstandard

Full definition of latte

Noun

1. A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
• 2013-06-22, T time, Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard … shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: ….  In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.
2. A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).

Synonyms

• caffe latte
• cafe latté
• coffee latté

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• attle