latte
/ˈlɑ.teɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Lilian Benedict walked into the office carrying two cups of latte."
- "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."
- "High-priced lattes and customized drinks helped lift the coffee chain’s US sales in the quarter ending on October 1, the company said Thursday."
- "Photos of the drink, posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo by the Shanghai Starbucks Reserve Roastery, show a drizzle of dark red sauce atop the latte foam — with a square slice of pork on a skewer resting on the mug rim."
- "matcha latte"
- "latte liberal"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɑ.teɪ/
- British English: /ˈlɑː.teɪ/