chai latte

chai latte (countable and uncountable, plural chai lattes)

1. A hot drink similar to masala chai or caffè latte, made with spiced tea and steamed milk.
   • 2005, Joe Calloway, Indispensable: How to Become the Company That Your Customers Can’t Live Without, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 80:

     They sit in their favorite chairs at their favorite tables and hang out with their friends who also don’t like coffee but adore the chai lattes.

   • 2008, Franklin Habit, “It Itches.” A Stash of Knitting Cartoons, Loveland, Colo.: Interweave Press LLC, →ISBN, page 103, column 2:

     Schuyler put down his earflap hat and took a thoughtful sip of chai latte.

   • 2012, Howard Bloom, The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 234:

     Seven and seven million may be very different from each other. But when you compare them to cups of chai latte, volcanoes, light bulbs, and lamas, it’s obvious that seven million and seven belong to the same species. It’s obvious that all numbers share common characteristics.

• “chai latte, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “chai latte, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• chailatte
• chai-latte

Internationalism. Compare English chai latte. Initial part ultimately from Persian چای (čây) (compare tsaikku), the latter from Italian (caffè) latte. Coined in 1994.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɑi̯ˌlɑtːe/, [ˈts̠ɑ̝i̯ˌlɑ̝t̪ːe̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑtːe
• Syllabification^(key): chai‧lat‧te

chai latte

1. chai latte (a drink similar to masala chai)