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語源 1

Borrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“to suckle, give suck, contain milk”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).

動詞

lactate (third-person singular simple present lactates, present participle lactating, simple past and past participle lactated)

1. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk.

派生語

語源 2

From lactic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

名詞

lactate (plural lactates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid.
2. Ellipsis of lactate ion.

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Further reading

• “lactate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lactate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “lactate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.