lactate

See also: Lactate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.teɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /lækˈteɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.teɪt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“contain milk, give suck”), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Verb

lactate (third-person singular simple present lactates, present participle lactating, simple past and past participle lactated)

1. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk

Derived terms

• lactation

Related terms

• lactic
• lactose

Etymology 2

Lactate ion

lactic (“lactic acid”) +‎ -ate

Noun

lactate (plural lactates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid
2. Ellipsis of lactate ion.

Related terms

• lactic
• lactose

Translations

any salt or ester of lactic acid

• Bulgarian: лактат m (laktat)
• Czech: mléčnan m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: laktát (hu)

Further reading

• “lactate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “lactate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “lactate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

---

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) lactāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lactō