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Added 9 October 2026

lactate

/lækˈteɪt/ noun

Latin root: lactātus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lactate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A salt or ester of lactic acid.

verb

Give suck to.
The wetnurse suckled the infant

Origin

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”).

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