lateks
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch latex, 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
Noun
lateks (plural lateks-lateks, first-person possessive lateksku, second-person possessive lateksmu, third-person possessive lateksnya)
- latex: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
- Synonym: getah
Further reading
- “lateks” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin latex.
Pronunciation
Noun
lateks m inan
Declension
Declension of lateks
Derived terms
adjective
Further reading
- lateks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lateks in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
làteks m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀текс)