melk

Meaning

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:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛlk/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Kan je twee deciliter melk in die kan gieten ?

Can you pour two decilitres of milk into that can?