# latte

Pronunciation: say "LAH-tay" /ˈlɑːteɪ/

## Noun

1. A coffee drink of espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with a layer of foam.
   - Simple: A coffee drink made with espresso and steamed milk, usually topped with foam.
   - _The barista poured a delicate heart design into the foam of my latte._
   - _Lattes have become the default order at most specialty coffee shops._
2. A milky drink made like the coffee version, but with the espresso replaced by a flavoring such as chai, maté, or matcha.
   - Simple: A milky drink like a coffee latte, but made with chai, matcha, or another flavor instead of espresso.
   - _The shop's matcha latte sells out faster than anything else on the menu._
   - _He switched to oat-milk chai lattes after cutting out caffeine._
3. Left-leaning political attitudes seen as belonging to affluent, comfortable people rather than the working class. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Left-wing political views held by wealthy, comfortable people.
   - _Opponents painted the candidate's platform as latte, long on ideals and short on factory-floor concerns._
   - _The editorial mocked the conference as a weekend festival of latte._
4. A stone column crowned with a hemispherical capstone, flat side up, on which the ancient Chamorro raised their buildings; today it is an emblem of Chamorro identity. (pronounced: say "LA-tee" /ˈlæti/)
   - Simple: A stone pillar topped with a rounded cap, built by the ancient Chamorro people and now a symbol of their culture.
   - _Archaeologists mapped a cluster of latte marking an old Chamorro settlement._
   - _The island's flag features a latte as a symbol of native heritage._

## Origin

A shortening of "caffè latte," from Italian caffè ("coffee") plus latte ("milk"), the latter from Latin lac, lactis.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/latte (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).