lactant

== English == === Etymology === From Latin lactans, present participle of lactare (“to suck”), from lac, lactis (“milk”). === Adjective === lactant (not comparable) lactating; producing milk. === Noun === lactant (plural lactants) A lactating mother; A mother who is suckling offspring. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ləkˈtan] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ləkˈtant] IPA(key): (Valencia) [lakˈtant] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [lakˈtan] === Adjective === lactant m or f (masculine and feminine plural lactants) lactant, a mother or female mammal that produces milk for her offspring suckling, a baby or young mammal that is still being suckled by its mother. === Noun === lactant m or f (plural lactants) suckling Synonym: nodrissó ==== Related terms ==== lactància lactar === Further reading === “lactant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “lactant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “lactant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “lactant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Latin == === Verb === lactant third-person plural present active indicative of lactō