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