læte

== Ligurian == === Etymology === From Latin lacte, ablative form of lac (“milk”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛːte/ === Noun === læte m (invariable) milk == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse læti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²leː.tə/ === Noun === læte n (definite singular lætet, indefinite plural læter, definite plural læta or lætene) a sound, voice === References === “læte” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse læti n, a collective form of låt n. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²leː.tə/ === Noun === læte n (definite singular lætet, indefinite plural læte, definite plural læta) a sound or emission thereof a natural sound, tune; music being played a natural sound made by an animal, such as tweeting, meowing, roaring, etc. nagging something which is done only for show an appearance ==== Usage notes ==== Was also considered grammatically feminine prior to the 1959 spelling reform. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “læte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “læte”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “læte” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring === Anagrams === ælte == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlæː.te/ === Verb === lǣte inflection of lǣtan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive