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lactate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈlæk.teɪt/ (US)
• /lækˈteɪt/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“to suckle, give suck, contain milk”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk.

Forms

Deriveds

lactator · relactate · postlactating · nonlactating

Translations (4)

mi whaiwaiū (to produce milk) · bg but see кърмя (to produce milk) · cy llaetha (to produce milk) · sv avsöndra mjölk (to produce milk)

lactate en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈlæk.teɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈlæk.teɪt/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From lactic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Meanings

1. Any salt or ester of lactic acid.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of lactate ion.
   alt of lactate ion

Forms

Deriveds

lactate dehydrogenase · Ringer's lactate solution · ethacridine lactate · calcium lactate · magnesium lactate · sodium lactate · dilactate · Ringer's lactate · potassium lactate · lactatemia · homolactate · phospholactate

Relateds

lactic · lactose · lactation

Translations (9)

tr laktat (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · cs mléčnan (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · cy lactad (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · id laktat (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · bg лактат (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · mi rakatete (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · hu laktát (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · sv laktat (any salt or ester of lactic acid) · fi laktaatti (any salt or ester of lactic acid)