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ordenhar

Meaning

to milk (to express milk from mammal)

Concepts

draw milk

to milk

Synonyms

tirar leite

Frequency

34k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oʁ.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese ordennar, from Vulgar Latin *ōrdiniāre, itself from Latin ōrdināre (or through a *ōrdinium), from ōrdō (“order, arrangement”), from Proto-Italic *ored(h)- (“to arrange”), of unknown origin. Compare Spanish ordeñar. Doublet of ordenar.

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