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. — deniko

    ruНаша галактика называется Млечный Путь. — Balamax

    deUnsere Galaxie wird Milchstraße genannt. — Espi

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

  3. They drink a sweet milky tea.

  4. We live in the Milky Way galaxy.

    Ми живемо в галактиці Чумацький Шлях. — deniko

    ruМы живём в галактике Млечный Путь. — Wezel

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

    Чумацький шлях складається з приблизно ста мільярдів зірок. — deniko

    ruМлечный путь состоит примерно из ста миллиардов звёзд. — Wezel

    deDie Milchstraße besteht aus ungefähr hundert Milliarden von Sternen. — raggione

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

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