Meaning

7 senses
  1. Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.

    milchig

    моло́чныйmolóčnyj, мле́чныйmléčnyj

    молочнийmoločnyj

    resembling milk in color; not clear

  2. (informal)Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.

  3. Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.

    milky cocoa milky tea

  4. Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.

  5. (informal)Cowardly.

  6. (informal)Immature, childish.

  7. (obsolete)Producing milk, lactating.

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way.

    Наша галактика називається Чумацький Шлях.

    ruНаша галактика называется Млечный Путь.

    deUnsere Galaxie wird Milchstraße genannt.

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  2. The Milky Way consists of a hundred billion stars.

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  3. They drink a sweet milky tea.

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  4. We live in the Milky Way galaxy.

    Ми живемо в галактиці Чумацький Шлях.

    ruМы живём в галактике Млечный Путь.

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  5. The Milky Way consists of about a hundred billion stars.

    Чумацький шлях складається з приблизно ста мільярдів зірок.

    ruМлечный путь состоит примерно из ста миллиардов звёзд.

    deDie Milchstraße besteht aus ungefähr hundert Milliarden von Sternen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
resembling milk in color or consistency:
Русский
By meaning 1
resembling milk in color or consistency:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
resembling milk in color or consistency:

Origin

From Middle English mylky, melky; from Old English *meolciġ, from Proto-West Germanic *mel

From Middle English mylky, melky; from Old English *meolciġ, from Proto-West Germanic *melukig, from Proto-Germanic *melukigaz. Equivalent to milk + -y.

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Forms

milkier, milkiest
Comparativemilkier Lesson
Superlativemilkiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
resembling milk:lacteous
containing milk:lactiferous
cowardly:fearful
immature:infantile
producing milk:lactifluousnursingwith milk
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
milky — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto