"milch" meaning in English

See milch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /mɪlt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-milch.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-milch.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɪltʃ Etymology: From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimelċes mōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke) (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂melǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|milche}} Middle English milche, {{m|enm|melche}} melche, {{inh|en|ang|*melċe}} Old English *melċe, {{m|ang|*milċe}} *milċe, {{m|ang|þrimilċe}} þrimilċe, {{m|ang|þrimelċes mōnaþ}} þrimelċes mōnaþ, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*milkijaz}} Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, {{m|en|gem-pro|*melkijaz}} *melkijaz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*melkaz|t=milky, milk-giving}} Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂melǵ-|t=to wipe, wipe off, milk}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”), {{cog|stq|meelk||milch}} Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), {{cog|nds|melke||milch}} Low German melke (“milch”), {{cog|de|Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke)||milk-giving, milch}} German Milch (Milchkuh) (milk - actually Molke) (“milk-giving, milch”), {{cog|gsw|mëlch||milch, milkable}} Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), {{cog|is|milkur}} Icelandic milkur, {{m|is|mjólkur||milk-giving}} mjólkur (“milk-giving”), {{m|en|milk}} milk Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} milch (not comparable)
  1. (dated, of a cow or other livestock) Used to produce milk; dairy. Tags: dated, not-comparable Translations (giving milk): sağmal (Azerbaijani), доен (doen) (alt: за крава) (Bulgarian), lypsävä (Finnish), lypsy- (Finnish), melk (German), mëlch [Alemannic-German] (German), mjaltur (Icelandic), bleacht (Irish), bainne (Irish), mjaltr (Old Norse), دنو (danu) (Persian), dojny (Polish), mleczny (Polish), до́йная (dójnaja) (Russian), blith (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-milch-en-adj-3kdQ9pZ4 Disambiguation of 'giving milk': 57 34 9
  2. (dated, of a mammal) Currently producing milk for its offspring. Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-milch-en-adj-YBiVVAwA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 70 7
  3. (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-milch-en-adj-7RDT3cvq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: milch camel, milch-maid, milch-wench, milch-woman, milchy, non-milch

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-milch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-milch.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-milch.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-milch.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "sağmal"
    },
    {
      "alt": "за крава",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "doen",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "доен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "lypsävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "lypsy-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "melk"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "mëlch"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "mjaltur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "bleacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "bainne"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "mjaltr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "danu",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "دنو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "dojny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "mleczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dójnaja",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "до́йная"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "giving milk",
      "word": "blith"
    }
  ],
  "word": "milch"
}

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