Phrase guide

sour milk

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A kind of dairy product produced by causing raw milk to somewhat congeal by addition of acid or fermentation through bespoke acidification cultures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: amasi, bonnyclabber, clabber, oxygal, prostokvasha

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

milk that has turned sour

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: milk

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَائِب (rāʔib) — sour milk
  • Azerbaijani: qatıq — sour milk
  • Bashkir: ҡатыҡ (qatıq) — sour milk
  • Belarusian: сырава́тка (syravátka) — sour milk
  • Belarusian: кі́слае малако́ (kíslaje malakó) — sour milk
  • Belarusian: сыраква́ша (syrakváša) — sour milk
  • Belarusian: ра́жанка (rážanka) — sour milk
  • Bulgarian: катък (katǎk) — sour milk
  • Bulgarian: крукмач (krukmač) — sour milk
  • Bulgarian: ки́село мля́ко (kíselo mljáko) — sour milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酸牛奶 (suānniúnǎi) — sour milk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 凝乳 (níngrǔ) — sour milk
  • Czech: kyselé mléko — sour milk
  • Danish: tykmælk — sour milk
  • Estonian: hapupiim — sour milk
  • Finnish: piimä — sour milk
  • Finnish: viili — sour milk
  • French: lait fermenté — sour milk
  • French: lait aigre — sour milk
  • German: Dickmilch — sour milk
  • German: Sauermilch — sour milk
  • German: Setzmilch — sour milk
  • German: Stockmilch — sour milk
  • Ancient Greek: ὀξύγαλα (oxúgala) — sour milk
  • Hungarian: aludttej — sour milk
  • Ingrian: jamakka — sour milk
  • Japanese: 酸乳 (sannyū) — sour milk
  • Japanese: プロストクワーシャ (purosutokuwāsha) — sour milk
  • Japanese: サワーミルク (sawā miruku) — sour milk
  • Kazakh: қатық (qatyq) — sour milk
  • Korean: 신 우유 (sin uyu) — sour milk
  • Korean: 산유 (sanyu) — sour milk
  • Korean: 사워밀크 (sawomilkeu) — sour milk
  • Kyrgyz: катык (katık) — sour milk
  • Latin: lac crassum — sour milk
  • Latvian: rūgušpiens — sour milk
  • Lithuanian: rūgpienis — sour milk
  • Macedonian: кисело млеко (kiselo mleko) — sour milk
  • Polish: kwaśne mleko — sour milk
  • Polish: zsiadłe mleko — sour milk
  • Portuguese: leite fermentado — sour milk
  • Portuguese: coalhada — sour milk
  • Romanian: lapte bătut — sour milk
  • Russian: простоква́ша (prostokváša) — sour milk
  • Russian: варене́ц (varenéc) — sour milk
  • Russian: ря́женка (rjáženka) — sour milk
  • Russian: каты́к (katýk) — sour milk
  • Russian: ки́слое молоко́ (kísloje molokó) — sour milk
  • Scottish Gaelic: bainne clàbar — sour milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: кисело млеко — sour milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: кисело млијеко — sour milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: kiselo mleko — sour milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: kiselo mlijeko — sour milk
  • Slovak: kyslé mlieko — sour milk
  • Slovene: kislo mleko — sour milk
  • Southern Altai: ачыган сӱт (ačïgan süt) — sour milk
  • Southern Altai: кадык (kadïk) — sour milk
  • Spanish: leche agria — sour milk
  • Swedish: filmjölk — sour milk
  • Swedish: surmjölk — sour milk
  • Tajik: қатиқ (qatiq) — sour milk
  • Tatar: катык (qatıq) — sour milk
  • Turkmen: gatyk — sour milk
  • Ukrainian: ки́сле молоко́ (kýsle molokó) — sour milk
  • Ukrainian: кисля́к (kyslják) — sour milk
  • Ukrainian: самоки́ш (samokýš) — sour milk
  • Ukrainian: само́кись (samókysʹ) — sour milk
  • Ukrainian: квасне́ молоко́ (kvasné molokó) — sour milk
  • Ukrainian: ря́жанка (rjážanka) — sour milk
  • Uzbek: qatiq — sour milk
  • Uzbek: prostokvasha — sour milk
  • Vietnamese: sữa chua — sour milk
  • Vietnamese: sữa chua đặc — sour milk
  • Zulu: amasi — sour milk