Phrase guide

feeding bottle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bottle for feeding milk to babies or to the young of other animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bottle, nursing bottle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vessel

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رضاعة (raḍḍāʕa) — feeding bottle
  • Bulgarian: биберо́н (biberón) — feeding bottle
  • Danish: sutteflaske — feeding bottle
  • Danish: flaske — feeding bottle
  • Dutch: zuigfles — feeding bottle
  • Esperanto: suĉbotelo — feeding bottle
  • Finnish: tuttipullo — feeding bottle
  • French: biberon — feeding bottle
  • German: Saugflasche — feeding bottle
  • German: Nuckelflasche — feeding bottle
  • German: Babyflasche — feeding bottle
  • Greek: μπιμπερό (bimperó) — feeding bottle
  • Hungarian: cumisüveg — feeding bottle
  • Ido: alakto-fialo — feeding bottle
  • Ido: alaktofialo — feeding bottle
  • Italian: biberon — feeding bottle
  • Italian: poppatoio — feeding bottle
  • Italian: poppaiola — feeding bottle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tåteflaske — feeding bottle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tåteflaske — feeding bottle
  • Polish: butelka — feeding bottle
  • Brazilian Portuguese: mamadeira — feeding bottle
  • European Portuguese: biberão — feeding bottle
  • Romanian: biberon — feeding bottle
  • Russian: буты́лка с со́ской (butýlka s sóskoj) — feeding bottle
  • Russian: буты́лочка (butýločka) — feeding bottle
  • Spanish: biberón — feeding bottle
  • Spanish: mamadera — feeding bottle
  • Swedish: nappflaska — feeding bottle
  • Volapük: biberun — feeding bottle