leite

See also: Leite and léite

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese leite m, from Late Latin lactem m or f, from Latin lac n. Compare Portuguese leite m, Spanish leche f, and French lait m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlejte/ [ˈlej.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ejte
• Hyphenation: lei‧te

Noun

leite m (plural leites)

1. milk

   Qué rico leite dan.

   What rich milk they give.

Further reading

• “leite” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “leite”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

leite

1. inflection of leiten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish littiu f (“porridge, gruel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̠ʲɛtʲə/

Noun

leite f (genitive singular leitean)

1. porridge, stirabout
2. paste

Declension

Declension of leite

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative leite Vocative a leite Genitive leitean Dative leite leitin (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an leite Genitive na leitean Dative leis an leite leis an leitin (archaic, dialectal) don leite don leitin (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

• brachán m
• praiseach f

Derived terms

• ceann leitean m (“softy”)
• fuarleite f (“cold porridge; oatmeal poultice”)
• lámha leitean f pl (“butter-fingers”)
• leite leamhnachta f (“milk porridge”)
• leite lom f (“thin porridge”)
• leite mhine coirce f, leite mhine buí f (“oatmeal, Indian-meal, porridge”)
• leite rois lín f (“linseed paste”)
• leite stolptha f (“thick porridge”)
• leiteachán m (“porridge-stick”)

 

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “littiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Noun

leite

1. Alternative form of leyt

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lete

Etymology

From Old Norse leita.

Verb

leite (imperative leit, present tense leiter, simple past lette or leita or leitet or leitte, past participle lett or leita or leitet or leitt)

1. to look (etter (“for”))
2. to search (etter (“for”))

References

• “leite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

leite (present tense leitar or leiter, past tense leita or leitte, past participle leita or leitt, present participle leitande, imperative leit)

1. Alternative form of leita

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin lactem m or f, from Latin lac n. Cognate with Old French lait m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlej.te/

Noun

leite m

1. milk

Related terms

• leiteira

Descendants

• Galician: leite m
• Portuguese: leite m (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "leite"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.t͡ʃi/ [ˈleɪ̯.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.t͡ʃi/ [ˈleɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.te/ [ˈleɪ̯.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.tɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.tɨ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej.ti/
• Hyphenation: lei‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese leite m, from Late Latin lactem m or f, from Latin lac n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Galician leite m, Spanish leche f, and French lait m.

Alternative forms

• leyte (obsolete)

Noun

leite m (plural leites)

1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)

   Eu gosto de café com leite e açúcar.

   I like coffee with milk and sugar.

   Leite integral, leite desnatado.

   Whole milk, skimmed milk.

2. (by extension) milk (white liquid obtained from a vegetable source)
3. (colloquial, by extension) white sap expelled from some trees and green fruit when cut; latex

   Synonym: látex

4. (colloquial) semen, cum, jizz

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:esperma

   Dá-me o teu leite.

   Give me your cum.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:leite.

Derived terms

• leitinho
• leitão

Related terms

• lactar
• lactário
• lácteo
• lacticínio
• láctico
• lactose
• leiteiro
• leitoso
• leituga
• prolactina

 

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: leti
• Macanese: lete, lête

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leite

1. inflection of leitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative