læte

From Latin lacte, ablative form of lac (“milk”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːte/

læte m (invariable)

1. milk

From Old Norse læti.

• IPA^(key): /²leː.tə/

læte n (definite singular lætet, indefinite plural læter, definite plural læta or lætene)

1. a sound, voice

• “læte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse læti n, a collective form of låt n.

• IPA^(key): /²leː.tə/

læte n (definite singular lætet, indefinite plural læte, definite plural læta)

1. a sound or emission thereof
   1. a natural sound, tune; music being played
   2. a natural sound made by an animal, such as tweeting, meowing, roaring, etc.
2. nagging
3. something which is done only for show
4. an appearance

• Was also considered grammatically feminine prior to the 1959 spelling reform.

• “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

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