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milk-white

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

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: milky-white

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

of a white the color of fresh milk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt (“milk-white”), equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”), German milchweiß (“milk-white”), Swedish mjölkvit (“milk-white”).

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَبَنِيّ (labaniyy) — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Arabic: شِيرْبَام (šīrbām) — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Bulgarian: млечнобя́л (mlečnobjál) — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Danish: mælkehvid — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Dutch: melkwit — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Finnish: maidonvalkoinen — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • French: laiteux — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • German: milchweiß — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • German: milchweiss — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • German: schneeweiß — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • German: schneeweiss — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Ido: laktoblanka — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Japanese: 乳白色の (nyūhakushoku no) — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Latin: lacteus — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: melkehvit — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: melkekvit — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mjølkehvit — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mjølkekvit — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølkekvit — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Polish: mlecznobiały — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Russian: молочно-бе́лый (moločno-bélyj) — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Scottish Gaelic: bàn-gheal — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Swedish: mjölkvit — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
  • Welsh: llaethwyn — having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk
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