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lactic

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See also: làctic

English

Etymology

From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlæktɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -æktɪk

Adjective

lactic (not comparable)

Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
(biochemistry) Relating to, or producing, lactic acid.
lactic fermentation
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
  In the morning the blood was crowded with commuters, the glucose peons, lactic and ureic sanitation workers, hemoglobinous deliverymen carrying loads of freshly brewed oxygen in their dented vans, […]

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Translations

of, relating to, or derived from milk

Arabic: حَلِيبِيّ (ḥalībiyy), لَبَنِيّ (labaniyy)
Belarusian: мало́чны (malóčny)
Bulgarian: мле́чен (bg) (mléčen)
Catalan: lacti (ca), làctic
Czech: mléčný (cs)
Esperanto: lakta
Finnish: maito-
French: lactique (fr)
German: Milch- (de)
Hebrew: חֲלָבִי (he) (khalaví)
Macedonian: млечен (mlečen)
Manx: bainnagh
Polish: mleczny (pl)
Portuguese: láctico (pt), lático
Romanian: lactic (ro)
Russian: моло́чный (ru) (molóčnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мле̑чнӣ, млије̑чнӣ

Roman: mlȇčnī, mlijȇčnī (sh)
Slovak: mliečny (sk)
Slovene: mlečen (sl)
Spanish: láctico (es), lácteo (es)
Ukrainian: моло́чний (uk) (molóčnyj)
Welsh: lactig

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lactique.

Adjective

lactic m or n (feminine singular lactică, masculine plural lactici, feminine/neuter plural lactice)

lactic

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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