Dictionary

buttermilk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbʌtəˌmɪlk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/ (General-American)
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Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 52:
2. (countable, uncountable) Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
3. (countable, uncountable) A light yellow color, like that of buttermilk.

Forms

Deriveds

buttermilky · fly in the buttermilk · Devil's buttermilk · buttermilked · Bulgarian buttermilk

Relateds

whey · milk · yoghurt · curd

Translations (120)

sq dhallë (traditional buttermilk) · fr babeurre (traditional buttermilk) · lv paniņas (traditional buttermilk) · ta மோர் (cultured buttermilk) · ro zară (traditional buttermilk) · he חובצה \ חֻבְצָה (traditional buttermilk) · be маслёнка (traditional buttermilk) · el ξινόγαλα (cultured buttermilk) · tr yayık ayranı (traditional buttermilk) · ar مَخِيض (traditional buttermilk) · hu író (traditional buttermilk) · vo milemilig (traditional buttermilk) · ko 버터밀크 (traditional buttermilk) · nds-de Karnmelk (traditional buttermilk) · pdt Bottermaltj (traditional buttermilk) · mk матеница (traditional buttermilk) · kn ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ (cultured buttermilk) · de Buttermilch (traditional buttermilk) · lb Bottermëllech (traditional buttermilk) · ur چھاچھ (traditional buttermilk) · sv kärnmjölk (traditional buttermilk) · pl maślanka (traditional buttermilk) · ar دُوغ (cultured buttermilk) · et pett (traditional buttermilk) · haw wai koʻana waiū paka (traditional buttermilk) · nl botermelk (traditional buttermilk) · nds-de Bottermelk (traditional buttermilk) · bg мъ́теница (traditional buttermilk) · uz ardob (traditional buttermilk) · nds-de Kernmelk (traditional buttermilk) · ru батерми́лк (cultured buttermilk) · ja バターミルク (traditional buttermilk) · gu છાશ (traditional buttermilk) · te చల్ల (traditional buttermilk) · yi מאַסלינקע (traditional buttermilk) · ta மோர் (traditional buttermilk) · pl maślanka (cultured buttermilk) · be па́хта (traditional buttermilk) · pt leitelho (traditional buttermilk) · pt soro de manteiga (traditional buttermilk) · lld nida (traditional buttermilk) · nds-de Karmelk (traditional buttermilk) · izh pettypiimä (traditional buttermilk) · es suero de mantequilla (traditional buttermilk) · te మజ్జిగ (traditional buttermilk) · pdt Bottamaltj (traditional buttermilk) · izh kirnumaito (traditional buttermilk) · sa तक्रम् (traditional buttermilk) · ru па́хта (traditional buttermilk) · yi מאַשלינקע (traditional buttermilk) · pdt Bottamalkj (traditional buttermilk) · sk cmar (traditional buttermilk) · nl botermelk (cultured buttermilk) · bo དར་བ (traditional buttermilk) · vi kho thực phẩm (traditional buttermilk) · el βουτυρόγαλα (traditional buttermilk) · pa ਛਾਹ (traditional buttermilk) · sh mlaćènica (traditional buttermilk) · hi छाछ (cultured buttermilk) · nb kjernemelk (traditional buttermilk) · cmn 發酵酪乳 /发酵酪乳 (cultured buttermilk) · fy sûpe (traditional buttermilk) · mk матеница (cultured buttermilk) · yi פּוטער־מילעך (traditional buttermilk) · ka დო (cultured buttermilk) · gl soro de manteiga (traditional buttermilk) · gv bainney geayr (traditional buttermilk) · sat ᱜᱷᱳᱨ (traditional buttermilk) · izh pettömaito (traditional buttermilk) · nl karnemelk (traditional buttermilk) · es suero de mantequilla (cultured buttermilk) · hi छाछ (traditional buttermilk) · rsk цмар (traditional buttermilk) · et petipiim (traditional buttermilk) · sga bláthach (traditional buttermilk) · fi piimä (cultured buttermilk) · hi मट्ठा (traditional buttermilk) · cs podmáslí (traditional buttermilk) · ka დო (traditional buttermilk) · vo milegamilig (traditional buttermilk) · rup dhalã (traditional buttermilk) · yi פּוטערמילך (traditional buttermilk) · fi kirnupiimä (traditional buttermilk) · yi מאַסליאַנקע (traditional buttermilk) · fy sûpe (cultured buttermilk) · sh stȅpka (traditional buttermilk) · uz ayron (traditional buttermilk) · ca sèrum de mantega (traditional buttermilk) · cmn 酪漿 /酪浆 (traditional buttermilk) · lo ກາກນ້ຳນົມ (traditional buttermilk) · kk іркіт (traditional buttermilk) · nb kjernemjølk (traditional buttermilk) · hy թան (traditional buttermilk) · fa پینو (traditional buttermilk) · fa دوغ (traditional buttermilk) · cy enwyn (traditional buttermilk) · gd blàthach (traditional buttermilk) · uk масля́нка (traditional buttermilk) · et võipiim (traditional buttermilk) · nn kjernemjølk (traditional buttermilk) · cmn 酪乳 (traditional buttermilk) · uk сколо́тини (traditional buttermilk) · da kærnemælk (traditional buttermilk) · vo böridamilig (traditional buttermilk) · ar مَمْخُوض (traditional buttermilk) · pa ਲੱਸੀ (traditional buttermilk) · eo buterlakto (traditional buttermilk) · it latticello (traditional buttermilk) · ga bláthach (traditional buttermilk) · cy llaeth enwyn (traditional buttermilk) · sl pinjenec (traditional buttermilk) · rup dalã (traditional buttermilk) · fo blak (traditional buttermilk) · mr ताक (traditional buttermilk) · pt leitelho cultivado (cultured buttermilk) · izh pettopiimä (traditional buttermilk) · pdt Bottermalkj (traditional buttermilk) · is áfir (traditional buttermilk) · nrf lait d'beurre (traditional buttermilk) · kn ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ (traditional buttermilk)