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):

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• 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

• heterolactic
• lactic acid
• lactic acidosis
• lactylic
• lactylate

Related terms

• lactate
• lactation

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, 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)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lactique.

Adjective

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

1. lactic

Declension

		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

Declension of lactic