• (British) enPR lă.th'ə, IPA: /ˈlæ.ðə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɑːðə(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈlæðɚ/


  1. The foam made by rapidly stirring soap and water.
  2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
  3. A state of agitation.
  • French: mousse de savon
  • German: Seifenschaum, Schaum
  • Italian: schiuma di sapone
  • Portuguese: espuma
  • Russian: мы́льная пе́на
  • Spanish: espuma de jabón
Translations Verb

lather (lathers, present participle lathering; past and past participle lathered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with lather.
  2. (transitive) To beat or whip.
  3. (intransitive) To form lather or froth, as a horse does when profusely sweating.
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