latte

Definition

A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.

Etymology

Ellipsis of caffè latte, from Italian caffè (“coffee”) + latte (“milk”) (faster spelling of caffè (coffe) + e (and) + latte (milk)), ultimately from Latin lac, lactis.

Example Sentences

• "Lilian Benedict walked into the office carrying two cups of latte."
• "Yet in “Through a Latte, Darkly”, a new study of how Starbucks has largely avoided paying tax in Britain, Edward Kleinbard […] shows that current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate what he calls “stateless income”: […]. In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property."
• "High-priced lattes and customized drinks helped lift the coffee chain’s US sales in the quarter ending on October 1, the company said Thursday."