lactic

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)

  1. Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
  2. (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, […]

Derived terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Old Latin lact
Latin lac, lactis
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -ique
Middle French -ique
French -ique
French lactiquebor.
Romanian lactic

    Borrowed from French lactique.

    Adjective

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

    1. lactic

    Declension

    Declension of lactic
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative     		indefinite lactic lactică lactici lactice
    definite lacticul lactica lacticii lacticele
    genitive-
    dative     		indefinite lactic lactice lactici lactice
    definite lacticului lacticei lacticilor lacticelor
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