lait
French
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) milk
- (countable) An individual serving of milk
- (uncountable) milk, semen
Etymology
Inherited from Old French lait (milk) inherited from Latin lactem, lac (milk) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts (milk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵlákts
Gloss
milk
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lactific English
- lacto- English
- lactobutyrometer English
- lactoferrin English
- latte English
- *allactāre, *allactō Latin
- lac Latin
- lactarius Latin
- lacte Latin
- lactem Latin
- lacteus Latin
- lactis, lac Latin
- lacto Latin
- lactosus Latin
- lactuca Latin
- lactārius Latin
- lactōsus Latin
- lattaiola Italian
- lattaiolo Italian
- latte Italian
- latteggiare Italian
- lattemiele Italian
- latteria Italian
- latticello Italian
- lattico Italian
- lattiero Italian
- lattifero Italian
- lattivendolo Italian
- lattone Italian
- lattonzolo Italian
- lattosio Italian
- lattuccio Italian
- tiralatte Italian
- bar laitier French
- caille-lait French
- cailler French
- lactose French
- laitage French
- laiteux French
- laitier French
- lactosa Spanish, Castilian
- leche Spanish, Castilian
- lechero Spanish, Castilian
- lechería Spanish, Castilian
- lechoso Spanish, Castilian
- lechota Spanish, Castilian
- lechón Spanish, Castilian
- sacaleches Spanish, Castilian
- secaleche Spanish, Castilian
- πρό Ancient Greek
- *ǵlákt Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵlákts Proto-Indo-European
- laktose Norwegian Bokmål
- aleitar Portuguese
- leitaria Portuguese
- leite Portuguese
- leiteiro Portuguese
- leitoso Portuguese
- leitão Portuguese
- latte Polish
- laktose Norwegian Nynorsk
- lait Old French
- llet Catalan, Valencian
- lleteria Catalan, Valencian
- lapte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lăptar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lăptos Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lăptărie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- letse Cebuano
- lait Norman
- laid Middle French
- לקטוז Hebrew (modern)
- leite Old Portuguese
- lach Occitan
- latg Romansh
- lleche Asturian
- lat Friulian
- latâr Friulian
- leche Old Spanish
- łate Venetian
- *dzalā Proto-Albanian
- lèt Haitian, Haitian Creole
- *llaɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- لاكتوز Hijazi Arabic
- lieche Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- lechi Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
- lacc Lombard
- làit Piedmontese
- lechí Tezoatlán Mixtec
- ḻec̱h Yatzachi Zapotec
- letsi San Juan Colorado Mixtec
- réesi Huichol
- lechi Central Huasteca Nahuatl