different between former vs latte

English

Alternative forms

• fmr / fmr.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??m?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English former, comparative of forme (“first”), from Old English forma (“first”), descended from Proto-Germanic *frumô. Parallel to prior (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to first and fore (thence before), from Proto-Germanic.

Adjective

former (comparative form only)

1. Previous.

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
3. First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.

Synonyms

• (previous): erstwhile, sometime, whilom, wont-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former

Antonyms

• (previous): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
• (first of aforementioned two items): latter

Translations

Etymology 2

form +? -er

Noun

former (plural formers)

1. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.

   Dave was the former of the company.

2. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.

   The brick arch was built using a wooden former.

3. (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).

   Fifth-former.

   Sixth-former.

Derived terms

• pan former

Anagrams

• Reform, re-form, reform

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?f??m?]

Noun

former c

1. indefinite plural of form

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?f??m?]

Verb

former

1. present of forme

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [f??me???]

Verb

former or formér

1. imperative of formere

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin f?rm? (“to form”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.me/

Verb

former

1. to form (generic sense)
2. to shape (to make into a certain shape)
3. to train; to educate

Conjugation

Related terms

• formation
• forme

Further reading

• “former” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

f?rmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of f?rm?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

former m or f

1. indefinite plural of form

Verb

former

1. present of forme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

former f

1. indefinite plural of form

Swedish

Noun

former

1. indefinite plural of form

Anagrams

• reform

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of caffè latte, from Italian caffè (“coffee”) + latte (“milk”), from Latin lac, lactis.

Alternative forms

• latté (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?l?.te?/, /?læ.te?/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /la?t?e?/
• Rhymes: -æte?, -??te?

Noun

latte (plural lattes)

1. A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
2. A similar drink, where the espresso is replaced with some other flavoring ingredient such as chai, maté or matcha (green tea).

Synonyms

• caffè latte
• cafe latté
• coffee latté

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

latte (plural lattes)

1. A pillar capped by a hemispherical stone capital with the flat side facing up, used as building supports by the ancient Chamorro people and now used as a sign of Chamorro identity.

Anagrams

• attle

Afrikaans

Noun

latte

1. plural of lat

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English latte, Italian (caffè) latte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t?e/, [?l?t??e?]
• Rhymes: -?t?e
• Syllabification: lat?te

Noun

latte

1. latte

Declension

Anagrams

• eltta

French

Etymology

From Middle French latte, from Old French latte, late, from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *latta, from Proto-Germanic *latt?. See also German Latte, Dutch lat, and English lath and lattice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat/

Noun

latte f (plural lattes)

1. lath
2. slat
3. ruler (measuring device)
4. (slang) shoe; foot
5. (slang) hit, puff
6. (colloquial) ski
7. (nautical) batten

Further reading

• “latte” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lat.te/
• Rhymes: -atte
• Hyphenation: làt?te

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter), from Proto-Indo-European *?lákts. Compare Catalan llet, Esperanto lakto, French lait, Friulian lat, Interlingua lacte, Galician leite, Piedmontese làit, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche.

Noun

latte m (countable and uncountable, plural latti)

1. milk

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• colostro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

latte

1. plural of latta

Anagrams

• letta

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lat??/

Noun

latte n

1. milk

Norman

Etymology

From Old French latte, late, from a Germanic source, probably Frankish *latta

Noun

latte f (plural lattes)

1. (Jersey) lath

Polish

Etymology

From Italian latte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lat.t?/

Noun

latte n (indeclinable) or latte f (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) caffè latte

Further reading

• latte in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• latte in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• latti (campidanese)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin lactem (“milk”, masculine or feminine accusative), from Latin lac (“milk”, neuter), from Proto-Indo-European *?lákts. Compare Italian latte, Sicilian latti, Catalan llet, French lait, Friulian lat, Galician leite, Piedmontese làit, Portuguese leite, Romanian lapte, Spanish leche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat.te/

Noun

latte m (plural lattes)

1. milk