lactate

• (UK, noun) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.teɪt/
• (UK, verb) IPA^(key): /lækˈteɪt/
• (US, noun, verb) IPA^(key): /ˈlæk.teɪt/

Borrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“contain milk, give suck”), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).

lactate (third-person singular simple present lactates, present participle lactating, simple past and past participle lactated)

1. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk

• lactation

• lactic
• lactose

Lactate ion

lactic (“lactic acid”) +‎ -ate

lactate (plural lactates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid
2. Ellipsis of lactate ion

• lactic
• lactose

• lactate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lactate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lactate at OneLook Dictionary Search

lactāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lactō