Latex
German, noun[ˈlaːtɛç]
Latex is spelled L-A-T-E-X (5 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latex is a German masculine noun meaning “latex (rubber)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “milchig-trübes, flüssiges Sekret einiger Pflanzen”.
What does Latex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelatex (rubber)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Softwarepaket (eine Sammlung von Makros) für das Textsatzsystem TeX 2. Auszeichnungssprache für den Textsatz mit dem Softwarepaket LaTeX, Datenformat
noun: 1. milchig-trübes, flüssiges Sekret einiger Pflanzen 2. elastischer Werkstoff, der aus dem Milchsaft von Kautschukpflanzen gewonnen wird 3. aus dem elastischen Werkstoff hergestellte Kleidung, die häufig in einem erotischen Kontext getragen wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Latex
- LaTeXs genitive singular
- Latizes nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Latex?
- [ˈlaːtɛç]
- [ˈlaːtɛks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Latex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Latex in German?
Latex appears 3.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).