Feminine

wei

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine, no-diminutive, uncountable) a product obtained from milk; whey
  2. (feminine, no-diminutive, obsolete, uncountable) serum, a component of blood which does not play a role in clotting

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʋɛi̯/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch wei, from Old Dutch *wei, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”).

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