"melk" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

See melk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɛlk/ Forms: melka [definite, singular], melken [definite, singular], melker [indefinite, plural], melkene [definite, plural], mjølk [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛlk Etymology: Inherited from Danish mælk, from Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, Icelandic mjólk. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|nb|da|mælk|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Danish mælk, {{inh+|nb|da|mælk}} Inherited from Danish mælk, {{der|nb|non|mjolk}} Old Norse mjolk, {{der|nb|gem-pro|*meluks}} Proto-Germanic *meluks, {{der|nb|ine-pro|*h₂melǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-, {{cog|da|mælk}} Danish mælk, {{cog|sv|mjölk}} Swedish mjölk, {{cog|is|mjólk}} Icelandic mjólk Head templates: {{nb-noun-c}} melk f or m (definite singular melka or melken, indefinite plural melker, definite plural melkene)
  1. milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-melk-nb-noun-nf-522fv
  2. (botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk. Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-melk-nb-noun-RMdgGAnW Categories (other): Botany, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 2 5 2 11 23 23 3 1 2 8 5 12 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 5 1 12 26 26 2 1 1 7 5 12 1 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mjølk [Nynorsk]
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: brystmelk, duemelk, flaskemelk, fløtemelk, fløytemelk, geitemelk, gi melk, H-melk, helmelk, heilmelk, homogenisert melk, kalkmelk, kefirmelk, kinnemelk, kjellermelk, kjernemelk, kokosmelk, konsummelk, kromelk, kulturmelk, kumelk, lettmelk, melke, melke-, melkeaktig, melkeallergi, melkebil, melkebonde, melkebruk, melkebutikk, melkebøtte, melkefe, melkefeber, melkefett, melkeflask, melkegang, melkeglass, melkehvit, melkekartong, melkekjertel, melkekolle, melkeku, melkekvit, melkemaskin, melkemat, melkemugge, melkeproduksjon, melkeprodukt, melkeprodusent, melkepulver, melkerampe, melkeringe, melkerute, melkesaft, melkesentral, melkesjokolade, melkespann, melkespreng, melkesprengt, melkesukker, melkesuppe, melkesyre, melketann, melkeveg, Melkevegen, melkevei, Melkeveien, morsmelk, nysilt melk, pappmelk, produksjonsmelk, råmelk, separatormelk, sinemel, skummamelk, skummetmelk, surmelk, søtmelk, tettemelk, tjukkmelk, tykkmelk, tørrmelk, ulvemelk, vortemelk

Verb

Forms: mjølk [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|nb|verbf}} melk
  1. imperative of melke Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: melke
    Sense id: en-melk-nb-verb-R1YoAOfE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "melkemugge"
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      "word": "melkeprodukt"
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      "word": "melkeprodusent"
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      "word": "melkepulver"
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    {
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      "word": "melkerute"
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    {
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      "word": "melkesaft"
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      "word": "melkesprengt"
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      "word": "melkesuppe"
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      "word": "melkesyre"
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      "word": "Melkevegen"
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      "word": "melkevei"
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      "word": "Melkeveien"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "3": "*meluks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *meluks",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂melǵ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "mælk"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish mælk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mjölk"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish mjölk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "mjólk"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic mjólk",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Danish mælk, from Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, Icelandic mjólk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melka",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melken",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melker",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melkene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mjølk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "melk f or m (definite singular melka or melken, indefinite plural melker, definite plural melkene)",
      "name": "nb-noun-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk"
      ],
      "word": "mjølk"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "milk",
          "milk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "nb:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A juice from plants that looks like milk."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "juice",
          "juice"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛlk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛlk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melk"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mjølk",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "verbf"
      },
      "expansion": "melk",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "melke"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "imperative of melke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "melke",
          "melke#Norwegian_Bokmål"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "melk"
}

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