Phrase guide

soy milk

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

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  • /ˈsɔɪ.mɪlk/
  • dialectal: /ˈsɔɪ.mɛlk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪlk

1

noun

Meaning 1

A milky liquid made from soy beans and used as a beverage, cooking ingredient or substitute for dairy milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An individual serving of such a beverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compound of soy + milk.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qumësht soje — beverage made from soybeans
  • Arabic: حَلِيب صُويَا (ḥalīb ṣūyā) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Armenian: սոյայի կաթ (soyayi katʻ) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Azerbaijani: soya südü — beverage made from soybeans
  • Belarusian: со́евае малако́ (sójevaje malakó) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Bengali: সয়া দুধ (śoẏa dudh) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Bulgarian: со́ево мля́ко (sóevo mljáko) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Burmese: ပဲနို့ (pai:nui.) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Catalan: llet de soia — beverage made from soybeans
  • Chinese Cantonese: 豆漿 /豆浆 (dau6 zoeng1) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豆漿 /豆浆 (dòujiāng) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豆奶 (dòunǎi) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Czech: sojové mléko — beverage made from soybeans
  • Danish: sojamælk — beverage made from soybeans
  • Dutch: sojamelk — beverage made from soybeans
  • Esperanto: sojlakto — beverage made from soybeans
  • Estonian: sojapiim — beverage made from soybeans
  • Finnish: soijamaito — beverage made from soybeans
  • French: lait de soja — beverage made from soybeans
  • Georgian: სოიოს რძე (soios rʒe) — beverage made from soybeans
  • German: Sojamilch — beverage made from soybeans
  • Greek: γάλα σόγιας (gála sógias) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Hebrew: חלב סויה (khalav soya) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Hindi: सोया दूध (soyā dūdh) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Hungarian: szójatej — beverage made from soybeans
  • Icelandic: sojamjólk — beverage made from soybeans
  • Indonesian: susu kedelai — beverage made from soybeans
  • Ingrian: soojamaito — beverage made from soybeans
  • Irish: bainne soighe — beverage made from soybeans
  • Italian: latte di soia — beverage made from soybeans
  • Japanese: 豆乳 (tōnyū) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Kazakh: соя сүті (soä sütı) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Khmer: ទឹកសណ្ដែកសៀង (tɨk sɑɑsɑntaek siəng) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Khmer: ទឹកសណ្តែក (tɨk sɑɑsɑntaek) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Korean: 두유 (duyu) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Korean: 콩우유 (kong'uyu) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Lao: ນົມຖົ່ວເຫຼືອງ (nom thūa lư̄ang) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາເຕົາຮູ້ (nam tao hū) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Latvian: sojas piens — beverage made from soybeans
  • Lithuanian: sojų pienas — beverage made from soybeans
  • Macedonian: соино млеко (soino mleko) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Malay: air soya — beverage made from soybeans
  • Malay: air tauhu — beverage made from soybeans
  • Malay: susu soya — beverage made from soybeans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: soyamelk — beverage made from soybeans
  • Iranian Persian: شیرِ سویا (šir-e soyâ) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Polish: mleko sojowe — beverage made from soybeans
  • Portuguese: leite de soja — beverage made from soybeans
  • Romanian: lapte de soia — beverage made from soybeans
  • Russian: со́евое молоко́ (sójevoje molokó) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Serbo-Croatian: сојино млеко — beverage made from soybeans
  • Serbo-Croatian: сојино млијеко — beverage made from soybeans
  • Serbo-Croatian: sojino mleko — beverage made from soybeans
  • Serbo-Croatian: sojino mlijeko — beverage made from soybeans
  • Slovak: sójové mlieko — beverage made from soybeans
  • Slovene: sojino mleko — beverage made from soybeans
  • Spanish: leche de soja — beverage made from soybeans
  • Spanish: leche de soya — beverage made from soybeans
  • Swedish: sojamjölk — beverage made from soybeans
  • Tagalog: gatas ng utaw — beverage made from soybeans
  • Thai: นมถั่วเหลือง (nom-tùua-lʉ̌ʉang) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Thai: น้ําเต้าหู้ (náam-dtâo-hûu) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Northern Thai: ᨶᩫ᩠ᨾᨳ᩠ᩅᩫᩉᩖᩮᩥᨦ — beverage made from soybeans
  • Northern Thai: ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴᨲᩮᩢ᩶ᩣᩉᩩ᩶ — beverage made from soybeans
  • Turkish: soya sütü — beverage made from soybeans
  • Ukrainian: со́єве молоко́ (sójeve molokó) — beverage made from soybeans
  • Vietnamese: sữa đậu nành — beverage made from soybeans
  • Vietnamese: sữa đậu — beverage made from soybeans
  • Welsh: llaeth soia — beverage made from soybeans
  • Yiddish: סויעמילך (soyemilkh) — beverage made from soybeans