lactante
Portuguese, noun/lakˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
lactante is spelled L-A-C-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lactante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “one who produces milk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mulher que amamenta”.
What does lactante mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineone who produces milk
- 2
feminineone who breastfeeds
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinerelative to someone who produces milk
- 2
femininemasculinerelative to someone who breastfeeds
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que produz leite
noun: 1. mulher que amamenta
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lactante
- lactantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lactante?
- Brazil /lakˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /lɐkˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lactante in Portuguese?
lactante appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).