lactic
/ˈlæktɪk/
lactic adjective: of, relating to, or derived from milk.
Adjective
lactic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
- Relating to, or producing, lactic acid.
- lactic fermentation
- 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, […]2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
lactic meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic
lactic in Tamil
- பால்சார்ந்த, பால்பற்றிய, பாலுக்குரிய
lactic in Kannada
- ಹಾಲಿನ
lactic in Arabic
- of, relating to, or derived from milk
- حَلِيبِيّ ḥalībiyy, لَبَنِيّ labaniyy
Origin of lactic
From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic.
Words formed from lactic
Words that rhyme with lactic
- galactic
- didactic
- prophylactic
- tactic
- nongalactic
- phonotactic
- syntactic
- backtick
- chiropractic
- factic
- graphotactic
- nonprophylactic
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Questions about lactic
- What does lactic mean?
- Lactic means of, relating to, or derived from milk.
- What is lactic in Tamil?
- Lactic in Tamil is பால்சார்ந்த, பால்பற்றிய, பாலுக்குரிய. See Lactic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lactic?
- Lactic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lactic?
- Lactic is pronounced /ˈlæktɪk/.
Words near lactic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lactic (page history and authors); lactic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lactic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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