Image:Milk glass.jpg|thumb|A [[glass of milk (1).]]
English
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Etymology
Old English meolc. Compare Danish mælk, Dutch melk, Frisian molke, German Milch, Norwegian melk, Old English meolc, Swedish mjölk, Yiddish ���� (milkh).
Pronunciation
IPA|/mɪɫk/, SAMPA|/mI5k/
audio|en-us-milk.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun|s|-
- uncountable A liquid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals to nourish their young.
- countable|informal An individual serving of milk.
#: Table three ordered three milks. (Formally: The guests at table three ordered three glasses of milk.)
Quotations
2007 September 24, Chris Horseman (interviewee), Emily Harris (reporter), �Global Dairy Demand Drives Up Prices�, Morning Edition, National Public Radio
Related terms
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bottle of milk
breast milk
chocolate milk
coconut milk
condensed milk
evaporated milk
flavored milk, flavoured milk
homogenized milk
milk bar
milk bottle
milk chocolate
milk float
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milkmaid
milkman
milk of magnesia
milk powder
milk product
milkshake
milk tooth
milky
semi-skimmed milk
skim milk, skimmed milk
whole milk
Translations
trans-top|the liquid
Ainu: �� (tope)
Albanian: qumësht m
Arabic: ARchar|�ب� (laban) m
Aramaic:
Armenian: կաթ (kat�)
Asturian: t+|ast|lleche|m|f|xs=Asturian
Basque: esne
Bosnian: t-|bs|mlijeko|n
Breton: laezh m
Bulgarian: t|bg|scCyrl|мл�ко|trmljáko|n
Catalan: llet f
Chinese:
Croatian: t+|hr|mlijeko|n
Czech: t+|cs|mléko|n
Danish: t+|da|mælk|c
Dutch: t+|nl|melk|f
Erzya: лов�о (lovso)
Esperanto: t-|eo|lakto|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|piim
Ewe: notsi
Faroese: t-|fo|mjólk|f|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|maito
French: t+|fr|lait|m
Frisian: molke f
German: t+|de|Milch|f
Greek: γάλα (ɣála) n
Gujarati: દ�ધ (dūdh)
Hawaiian: waiū
Hebrew: t|he|���|m|trkhalav|scHebr
Hindi: द�ध (dūdh) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|tej
Icelandic: t+|is|mjólk|f
Interlingua: lacte
Irish: t-|ga|bainne|m|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|latte|m
Japanese: �乳 (������, gyūnyū), ��� (miruku)
Korean: ì�°ì� (uyu) (cowâ��s milk); ì � (jeot); ì� ì¦� (yujeup)
Kurdish: �îr m, KUchar|ش�ر
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Latin: t+|la|lac|n
Latvian: t-|lv|piens|m|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: pienas m
Lower Sorbian: t|dsb|mloko|n
Maltese: ħalib m
Macedonian: t|mk|млеко|n
Mongolian: �үү (süü)
Navajo: abe'
Norwegian: t+|no|melk|c
trreq|Occitan
Old Church Slavonic:
Old English: meolc g|Old English
Persian: FAchar|ش�ر (šīr)
Pitjantjatjara: ipi, milka
Polish: t+|pl|mleko|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|leite|m
trreq|Provençal
Rohingya: dut
Romani: thud
Romanian: t+|ro|lapte|m
Russian: t+|ru|молоко|n|trmolokó|scCyrl
Sanskrit: द���ध (dugdh), ��ष�र (kšīr) g|Sanskrit
Scottish Gaelic: bainne m
Serbian:
Slovak: t|sk|mlieko|n
Slovene: t+|sl|mleko|n
Spanish: t+|es|leche|f
Swedish: t+|sv|mjölk|c
Tagalog: gatas
Telugu: పాల� (paalu), ��ష�రమ� (ksheeramu)
Tetum: susubeen
Turkish: t+|tr|süt
Ukrainian: t|uk|sc=Cyrl|молоко
Upper Sorbian: t|hsb|mloko|n
Urdu: URchar|د�دھ (dūdh) m
Vietnamese sữa
Yiddish ���� (milkh) f
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trans-top|a serving of the liquid
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Verb
en-verb
- transitive To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
- transitive To express any liquid (from any creature).
- transitive To talk or write at length about (a particular point).
- transitive To take advantage of (a situation).
Translations
trans-top|to express milk from mammal
Basque: jetzi
Bosnian: musti, pomusti
Bulgarian: до�
Croatian: t-|hr|musti
Czech: dojit, podojit
Erzya: по��в�ом� (potjavtoms)
Esperanto: melki
Estonian: lüpsma
Faroese: mjólka
Finnish: lypsää
French: t+|fr|traire
German: t+|de|melken
Greek: αÏ�μÎγÏ� (arméɣo), αμÎλγÏ� (amélÉ£o)
Hungarian: t+|hu|fej
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Irish: crúigh
Kurdish: t|ku|do�în, t|ku|dotin, KUchar|د�ش��
Latvian: slaukt
Polish: doi�
Portuguese: ordenhar
Russian: доиÑ�Ñ� (doÃtâ��)
Scottish Gaelic: bleoghainn
Serbian
Slovak: dojiť
Slovene: t-|sl|molsti
Spanish: t-|es|ordeñar
Swedish: mjölka
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trans-top|to express any liquid
Finnish: lypsää
German: t+|de|melken
Greek: αÏ�μÎγÏ� (arméɣo), αμÎλγÏ� (amélÉ£o), αÏ�ομÏ�ζÏ� (apomizó), "αÏ�οÏ�Ï�Ï�" (apospó)
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Kurdish: t|ku|do�în, t|ku|dotin, KUchar|د�ش��
Latvian: slaukt, izspiest|izspiest (sulu)
Scottish Gaelic: bleoghainn
Swedish: mjölka
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trans-top|to talk or write at length
Finnish: jaaritella, jankata
German: durchkauen
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Latvian: t-|lv|liet|xs=Latvian
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trans-top|to take advantage of situation
German: ausschöpfen, ausreizen :de:ausreizen|(de)
Greek: αÏ�μÎγÏ� (arméɣo)
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Latvian: slaukt
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See also
dairy
dairy produce
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