melk

Noun

1. (feminine, uncountable) milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother)
2. (feminine, uncountable) milk (nutritious liquid derived from vegetable sources, sometimes as a deliberate substitute of mammalian milk)
3. (feminine, uncountable) various 'milky' juices (that resembles or looks like milk), as secreted by certain plants and insects

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of melken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of melken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of melken:

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melken

1. (transitive) to milk a (farm) animal
2. (intransitive) to play meekly, without risk, notably in duel ball sports like tennis

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛlk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: melc

Inherited from Old Dutch: miluk

In summary

Inherited from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miloc, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Concepts

milk

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rice pudding

cow juice

liquid bomb

yarrum

Synonyms

hom

Translations

Milch

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lait

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leche

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latte

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leite

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γάλα

lac

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mleko

süt

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şîr

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llet

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حليب

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لبن

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lach

lèit

Sentences

Kan je twee deciliter melk in die kan gieten ?

Can you pour two decilitres of milk into that can?