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infant formula

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baby formula, formula

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: formulemelk — food simulating human milk
  • Bulgarian: мле́чна фо́рмула (mléčna fórmula) — food simulating human milk
  • Chinese Cantonese: 嬰兒配方奶粉 /婴儿配方奶粉 (jing1 ji4 pui3 fong1 naai5 fan2) — food simulating human milk
  • Chinese Cantonese: BB奶粉 — food simulating human milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嬰兒配方奶粉 /婴儿配方奶粉 (yīng'ér pèifāng nǎifěn) — food simulating human milk
  • Finnish: äidinmaidonkorvike — food simulating human milk
  • Finnish: äidinmaidonvastike — food simulating human milk
  • German: Säuglingsanfangsnahrung — food simulating human milk
  • Icelandic: ungbarnablanda — food simulating human milk
  • Indonesian: susu formula — food simulating human milk
  • Italian: latte artificiale — food simulating human milk
  • Japanese: 粉ミルク (kona miruku) — food simulating human milk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morsmelkerstatning — food simulating human milk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: morsmjølkerstatning — food simulating human milk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: morsmjølkerstatning — food simulating human milk
  • Polish: mleko dla niemowląt — food simulating human milk
  • Portuguese: fórmula infantil — food simulating human milk
  • Portuguese: leite artificial — food simulating human milk
  • Spanish: leche maternizada — food simulating human milk
  • Spanish: leche de fórmula — food simulating human milk
  • Spanish: leche infantil — food simulating human milk
  • Swedish: modersmjölksersättning — food simulating human milk
  • Swedish: bröstmjölksersättning — food simulating human milk
  • Turkish: bebek formülü — food simulating human milk