Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milch

/mɪlt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: milch
IPA: /mɪlt͡ʃ/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Used to produce milk; dairy.

Dated

adj

Currently producing milk for its offspring.

Dated

adj

Tender; pitiful; weeping.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers."
"She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break."
"you must house your Milch-cows"

Etymology

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk. Compare milchig.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂melǵ-, milche, *melċe, *milkijaz, *melkaz

Usage

Derived Forms

milchy

Phrases

milch camel milch cow milch goat milch-maid milch-wench milch-woman non-milch

Rhymes With

zilch filch pilch snilch

Questions

How do you pronounce milch?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪlt͡ʃ/.
What does milch mean?: Used to produce milk; dairy.
Where does milch come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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