buttermilk
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buttermilk
- /ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/ US
- /ˈbʌtəˌmɪlk/ UK
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English butter-melke, equivalent to butter + milk. Cognate with Dutch botermelk (“buttermilk”), German Buttermilch (“buttermilk”), Low German Bottermelk (“buttermilk”), Luxembourgish Bottermëllech (“buttermilk”), Plautdietsch Bottamalkj, Bottamaltj, Bottermalkj, Bottermaltj (“buttermilk”), and Yiddish פּוטערמילך (putermilkh), פּוטער־מילעך (puter-milekh, “buttermilk”).
noun buttermilks
- The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk. An anti-aphrodisiac, suggested in Hindu erotological literature as a way for women to negate amatory challenges, is to bathe in the buttermilk of a she-buffalo.
- Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
- A light yellow color, like that of buttermilk.
Translations
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noun traditional buttermilk
| Español | suero de mantequilla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 버터밀크 beoteomilkeu |
| 日本語 | バターミルク batāmiruku |
| 中文 | 酪乳 làorǔ, 酪漿 /酪浆 làojiāng |
| हिन्दी | छाछ chāch, मट्ठा maṭṭhā |
| Português | leitelho, soro de manteiga |
| Français | babeurre |
| Deutsch | Buttermilch |
| Italiano | latticello |
| Ελληνικά | βουτυρόγαλα voutyrógala |
| Română | zară |
| Русский | па́хта páxta |
| Tiếng Việt | kho thực phẩm |
| العربية | مَخِيض maḵīḍ, مَمْخُوض mamḵūḍ |
| עברית | חובצה \ חֻבְצָה khuvtsá |
noun cultured buttermilk
| Español | suero de mantequilla |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 發酵酪乳 /发酵酪乳 fājiào làorǔ |
| हिन्दी | छाछ chāch |
| Português | leitelho cultivado |
| Ελληνικά | ξινόγαλα xinógala |
| Русский | батерми́лк batermílk |
| العربية | دُوغ dūḡ |
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@misc{buttermilk_2026,
title = {buttermilk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buttermilk},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
