laite
French, noun/lɛt/
laite is spelled L-A-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 114,550th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laite is a French feminine noun meaning “milt (fish sperm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sperme des poissons mâles formant une substance blanche et molle ressemblant à du lait caillé”.
What does laite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemilt (fish sperm)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sperme des poissons mâles formant une substance blanche et molle ressemblant à du lait caillé.
adjective: 1. Laid.
adjective: 1. Qualifie les poissons qui ont de la laitance, de la laite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of laite
- laites plural
- laités plural masculine
- laitée singular feminine
- laitées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce laite?
- /lɛt/
- \lɛt\
- \lɛ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to laite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is laite in French?
laite appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).