"infant formula" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: infant formulas [plural], infant formulae [plural], infant formulæ [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|+|infant formulae|infant formulæ}} infant formula (countable and uncountable, plural infant formulas or infant formulae or infant formulæ)
  1. A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Milk Synonyms: baby formula, formula Related terms: bottlefeeding Coordinate_terms: milk replacer (english: the analogue for nonhuman animals, especially livestock) Translations (food simulating human milk): 嬰兒配方奶粉 (Chinese Cantonese), 婴儿配方奶粉 (jing¹ ji⁴ pui³ fong¹ naai⁵ fan²) (Chinese Cantonese), BB奶粉 (english: bi⁴ bi¹ naai⁵ fan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 嬰兒配方奶粉 (Chinese Mandarin), 婴儿配方奶粉 (yīng'ér pèifāng nǎifěn) (Chinese Mandarin), äidinmaidonkorvike (Finnish), äidinmaidonvastike (Finnish), latte artificiale [masculine] (Italian), morsmelkerstatning [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), morsmjølkerstatning [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), morsmjølkerstatning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fórmula infantil [feminine] (Portuguese), leite artificial [masculine] (Portuguese), leche maternizada [feminine] (Spanish), leche de fórmula [feminine] (Spanish), leche infantil [feminine] (Spanish), modersmjölksersättning [common-gender] (Swedish), bröstmjölksersättning [common-gender] (Swedish), bebek formülü (Turkish)

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