buttermilk

English

Etymology

From Middle English butter-melke, equivalent to butter +‎ milk. Compare German Low German Bottermelk (“buttermilk”), German Buttermilch (“buttermilk”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌtəˌmɪlk/
Hyphenation: but‧ter‧milk

Noun

buttermilk (countable and uncountable, plural buttermilks)

The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.

Derived terms

Devil's buttermilk
fly in the buttermilk

Translations

traditional buttermilk

Albanian: dhallë (sq) f
Arabic: مَخِيض‎ m (maḵīḍ), مَمْخُوض‎ m (mamḵūḍ)
Armenian: թան (hy) (tʿan)
Aromanian: dhalã, dalã
Belarusian: па́хта f (páxta), маслёнка f (masljónka)
Bulgarian: мъ́теница (bg) f (mǎ́tenica)
Catalan: sèrum de mantega m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 酪乳 (zh) (làorǔ), 酪漿／酪浆 (zh) (làojiāng)
Czech: podmáslí (cs) n
Danish: kærnemælk (da) c
Dutch: karnemelk (nl) f, botermelk (nl) f
Esperanto: buterlakto
Estonian: pett (et), petipiim, võipiim
Faroese: blak n
Finnish: kirnupiimä (fi)
French: babeurre (fr) m
Galician: soro de manteiga
Georgian: დო (do)
German: Buttermilch (de) f
Greek: βουτυρόγαλα (el) n (voutyrógala)
Hawaiian: wai koʻana waiū paka
Hebrew: חובצה \\ חֻבְצָה‎ (he)
Hindi: छाछ (hi) f (chāch)
Hungarian: író (hu)
Icelandic: áfir f pl
Irish: bláthach f
Old Irish: bláthach f
Italian: latticello (it) m
Japanese: バターミルク (batāmiruku)
Kannada: ಮಜ್ಜಿಗೆ (kn) (majjige)
Korean: 버터밀크 (beoteomilkeu)
Ladin: nida f
Lao: ກາກນ້ຳນົມ (kāk nam nom)
Latvian: paniņas (lv) f pl
Luxembourgish: Bottermëllech f
Macedonian: матеница (matenica)
Manx: bainney geayr m
Norman: lait d'beurre m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjernemelk m or f, kjernemjølk (no) m or f
Nynorsk: kjernemjølk f
Persian: دوغ‎ (fa) (duğ), پینو‎ (fa) (pinu)
Polish: maślanka (pl) f
Portuguese: leitelho m, soro de manteiga m
Romanian: zară (ro) f
Russian: па́хта (ru) f (páxta)
Sanskrit: तक्रम् (sa) n (takram)
Santali: ᱜᱷᱳᱨ (ghor)
Scottish Gaelic: blàthach f
Serbo-Croatian: mlaćènica f, stȅpka (sh) f
Slovak: cmar (sk) m
Slovene: pinjenec (sl) m
Spanish: suero de mantequilla m
Swedish: kärnmjölk (sv) c
Telugu: చల్ల (te) (calla), మజ్జిగ (te) (majjiga)
Tibetan: དར་བ (dar ba)
Turkish: yayık ayranı
Ukrainian: масля́нка f (masljánka), сколо́тини pl (skolótyny)
Urdu: چھاچھ‎ f (chāch)
Uzbek: ayron (uz), ardob (uz)
Vietnamese: kho thực phẩm
Welsh: llaeth enwyn (cy) m, enwyn m
West Frisian: sûpe (fy)

cultured buttermilk

Arabic: دُوغ‎ m (dūḡ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發酵酪乳／发酵酪乳 (fājiào làorǔ)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: botermelk (nl) f
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} kefiir, ^{(please verify)} keefir
Finnish: piimä (fi)
Georgian: დო (do)
Greek: ξινόγαλα (el) f (xinógala)
Macedonian: матеница f (matenica)
Portuguese: leitelho cultivado m
Russian: батерми́лк m (batermílk)
Spanish: suero de mantequilla m
Tamil: மோர் (ta) (mōr)
West Frisian: sûpe (fy)