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caffè latte, n.
Brit. |ˌkafeɪ ˈlɑːteɪ|, |ˌkafeɪ ˈlateɪ|, |ˌkafeɪ ˈlati|, U.S. |ˈkæfeɪ ˈlɑˌtei|, |ˈkæfeɪ ˈlɑˌtei|
Forms: 18 caffe latto, 18– caffe latte, 18– caffè latte, 18– caffèlatte, 19– cafe latte, 19– cafe latté, 19– café latte, 19– café latté, 19– caffè latté
[‹ Italian caffè latte (dated a 1907 in dictionaries), caffelatte (1923), caffellatte (1935, now the usual form; compare caffè e latte (1865)) > n. + latte milk (> comb. form).]
Coffee made with more or less equal amounts of water and steamed milk; a drink of this. Cf. latte n.
1847Cultivator Feb. 46/2 He gets his caffe latto (coffee with milk), and a roll of brown bread for two cents. 1867W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 272 The good-natured face of the steward when he brought me the caffè latte. 1905E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread ii. 52 They give us caffè latte in our rooms. 1951K. Rexroth Dragon & Unicorn in New Directions in Prose & Poetry 13 429 We have real breakfasts with good Caffe latte. 1993M. Atwood in Quarry Mag. Apr. 132 Sometimes he took his work, his journal, an obscure small press novel and headed uptown to sit in the Hardback Cafe, drinking café lattés. |