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"ref": "1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 23:",
"text": "Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.",
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"ref": "1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XX, in Wuthering Heights:",
"text": "{...} if I wished any blessing in the world, it was to find him a worthy object of pride; and I’m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch!",
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"word": "مَاء الْجُبْن"
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"word": "مَصْل"
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"word": "շիճուկ"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "gazur"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"word": "сыро́ватка"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"roman": "surovátka",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
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"word": "сурова́тка"
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{
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
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"word": "xerigot"
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{
"code": "yue",
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"roman": "jyu⁵ cing¹",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "乳清"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "乳清"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"word": "syrovátka"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "vadak"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"word": "petit-lait"
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{
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"roman": "šraṭi",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "შრატი"
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{
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"word": "Molke"
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"word": "ξινόγαλο"
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{
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"roman": "orós gálaktos",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"word": "ορός γάλακτος"
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{
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"word": "מֵי גְּבִינָה"
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"roman": "dūdh kā pānī",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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"word": "दूध का पानी"
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"word": "मठ्ठा"
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{
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"word": "savó"
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{
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
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"word": "mysa"
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{
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
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{
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "air dadih"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "laktoserum"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "meadhg"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "siero di latte"
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{
"alt": "にゅうせい",
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"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "乳清"
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"word": "сарысу"
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"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Upper Sorbian translations",
"Terms with Uzbek translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"Terms with Yiddish translations",
"en:Dairy products",
"enm:Cheeses",
"enm:Milk"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "curds"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "curds and whey"
},
{
"word": "sack-whey"
},
{
"word": "wheyey"
},
{
"word": "whey-faced"
},
{
"word": "wheyface"
},
{
"word": "wheylike"
},
{
"word": "wine whey"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "whey"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whey",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwǣġ"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwǣġ",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwaij",
"t": "whey"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Waai"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian Waai",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "waai"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian waai",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wei"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Wei"
},
"expansion": "Low German Wei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Wei"
},
"expansion": "German Low German Wei",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷey-",
"4": "",
"5": "to pile up, build"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "чинъ",
"3": "",
"4": "order"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “order”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ποιέω",
"3": "",
"4": "to pile up, make"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up, make”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कय",
"3": "",
"4": "every one",
"tr": "káya"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit कय (káya, “every one”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”) (compare Saterland Frisian Waai, Woaie, West Frisian waai, Dutch wei, Low German Wei, German Low German Wei), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”) (compare Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “order”), Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up, make”), Sanskrit कय (káya, “every one”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wheys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": "s"
},
"expansion": "whey (usually uncountable, plural wheys)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "bland"
},
{
"word": "buttermilk"
},
{
"word": "milk"
},
{
"word": "yogurt"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 23:",
"text": "Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XX, in Wuthering Heights:",
"text": "{...} if I wished any blessing in the world, it was to find him a worthy object of pride; and I’m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese."
],
"links": [
[
"milk",
"milk"
],
[
"curdle",
"curdle"
],
[
"cheese",
"cheese"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:Q185009"
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"wikidata": [
"Q185009"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "hwā"
},
{
"enpr": "wā"
},
{
"ipa": "/hweɪ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/weɪ/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whey.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whey.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whey.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whey.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whey.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪ"
},
{
"homophone": "way"
},
{
"homophone": "weigh"
},
{
"homophone": "wey (wine–whine merger)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "whig"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "whay"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hirrë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "thartor"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "širš",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شِرْش"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "māʔ al-jubn",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَاء الْجُبْن"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maṣl",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَصْل"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šerš",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "شرش"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šičuk",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "շիճուկ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "zərdab"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "gazur"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "syróvatka",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сыро́ватка"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laezh-glas"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "surovátka",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сурова́тка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xerigot"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jyu⁵ cing¹",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "乳清"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rǔqīng",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "乳清"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrovátka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "wei"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "selakto"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "vadak"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mysa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "hera"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petit-lait"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soro"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šraṭi",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "შრატი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Molke"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xinógalo",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ξινόγαλο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "orós gálaktos",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ορός γάλακτος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "orós",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ὀρός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "מֵי גְּבִינָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dūdh kā pānī",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "दूध का पानी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maṭhṭhā",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मठ्ठा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "savó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mysa"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "selakto"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "air dadih"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "laktoserum"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meadhg"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siero di latte"
},
{
"alt": "にゅうせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nyūsei",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "乳清"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sarysu",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "сарысу"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɨk dɑh thlaa",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "ទឹកដោះថ្លា"
},
{
"alt": "乳淸",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yucheong",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "유청"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "sarı suu",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "сары суу"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "serum"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "sūkalas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "išrūgos"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wässeg"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "surutka",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сурутка"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dzira",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ѕира"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "dadih susu"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "whey"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "wai karera"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "wei"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "meigue"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "myse"
},
{
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "sulu",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"Digor",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "сулу"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âb-panir",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "آبپنیر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "panir-âb",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "پنیرآب"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serwatka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soro"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "panīr pāṇī",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਪਨੀਰ ਪਾਣੀ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sývorotka",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сы́воротка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "су̏рутка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "sȕrutka"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seru"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "srvátka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sírotka"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serowatka"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "srowatka"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrowatka"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrwatka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vassle"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vassla"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zardob",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "зардоб"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aɣi"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hǎang-nom",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "หางนม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "kesilmiş süt suyu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "peynir altı suyu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "syróvatka",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сиро́ватка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dzer",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дзер"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "zardob"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "váng sữa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"word": "nước sữa"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maidd"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "srovetke",
"sense": "liquid remaining after milk has been curdled",
"tags": [
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"ref": "2011 September 1, Case File 12: The Case of the Messy Mucked Up Masterpiece, Hachette UK, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2016 December 30, Hahn Moo-Sook, The House of Pomegranate Trees, Literature Translation Institute of Korea, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2014 February 18, Catriona Harvey-Jenner, “25 things only bar staff will understand”, in Cosmopolitan UK:",
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