látex

See also: latex, LaTeX, and Latex

Galician

Noun

látex m (invariable)

1. latex

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin latex (“clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid”), a later use of Latin latex (“water; liquid, fluid”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tɛks/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tɛks/, /laˈtɛks/

• Rhymes: -atɛks

Noun

látex m (usually uncountable, plural látex)

1. latex (milky sap used to make rubber)

Further reading

• “látex”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “látex”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin latex (“clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid”), a later use of Latin latex (“water; liquid, fluid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlateɡs/ [ˈla.t̪eɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -ateɡs
• Syllabification: lá‧tex

Noun

látex m (uncountable)

1. latex

Further reading

• “látex”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10