Milk is one of the most common and essential foods around the world.
Whether you drink it fresh, use it in cooking, or enjoy dairy products, the word milk is known everywhere — but how do people say it in different languages?
If you are learning a new language, traveling, or just curious, this blog will help you understand how to say milk in 70 languages.
You’ll get the pronunciation in simple English and an example sentence so you can use the word naturally.
🌍 How to Say Milk in 70 Different Languages
Each line shows:
Language (🇨🇳) – [Translation] | Pronunciation: [Simple English Format]
Example sentence.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Leche | Pronunciation: leh-cheh
Me gusta beber leche en el desayuno. - French (🇫🇷) – Lait | Pronunciation: leh
Je bois du lait tous les matins. - German (🇩🇪) – Milch | Pronunciation: milkh
Ich trinke jeden Tag Milch. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Latte | Pronunciation: laht-teh
Bevo latte con i cereali. - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Leite | Pronunciation: lay-chee
Gosto de leite fresco. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Süt | Pronunciation: soot
Sabahları süt içerim. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Молоко | Pronunciation: muh-lah-KOH
Я пью молоко каждый день. - Chinese – Mandarin (🇨🇳) – 牛奶 | Pronunciation: niú nǎi
我每天喝牛奶。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – 牛乳 | Pronunciation: gyūnyū
毎朝牛乳を飲みます。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 우유 | Pronunciation: oo-yoo
나는 우유를 좋아해요. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – दूध | Pronunciation: doodh
मैं रोज़ दूध पीता हूँ। - Urdu (🇵🇰) – دودھ | Pronunciation: doodh
میں روزانہ دودھ پیتا ہوں۔ - Arabic (🇸🇦) – حليب | Pronunciation: haleeb
أنا أشرب الحليب كل صباح. - Bengali (🇧🇩) – দুধ | Pronunciation: dudh
আমি প্রতিদিন দুধ খাই। - Greek (🇬🇷) – Γάλα | Pronunciation: gala
Πίνω γάλα κάθε πρωί. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Mleko | Pronunciation: mle-ko
Piję mleko codziennie. - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Melk | Pronunciation: melk
Ik drink elke dag melk. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Mjölk | Pronunciation: myelk
Jag dricker mjölk varje morgon. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Melk | Pronunciation: melk
Jeg drikker melk til frokost. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Maito | Pronunciation: mai-toh
Juon maitoa joka aamu. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Mælk | Pronunciation: melk
Jeg drikker mælk hver dag. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Tej | Pronunciation: tay
Minden nap iszom tejet. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Mléko | Pronunciation: mlay-ko
Piju mléko každý den. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Lapte | Pronunciation: lap-teh
Beau lapte dimineața. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Maziwa | Pronunciation: ma-zee-wah
Ninakunywa maziwa kila asubuhi. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ubisi | Pronunciation: oo-bee-see
Ngiyaphuza ubisi nsuku zonke. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Ubisi | Pronunciation: oo-bee-see
Ndiyathanda ukusela ubisi. - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Sữa | Pronunciation: sua
Tôi uống sữa mỗi sáng. - Thai (🇹🇭) – นม | Pronunciation: nom
ฉันดื่มนมทุกเช้า. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Susu | Pronunciation: soo-soo
Saya minum susu setiap hari. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Susu | Pronunciation: soo-soo
Saya suka minum susu segar. - Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Gatas | Pronunciation: gah-tas
Umiinom ako ng gatas araw-araw. - Esperanto (🌍) – Lakto | Pronunciation: lak-to
Mi trinkas lakton ĉiumatene. - Catalan (🇦🇩) – Llet | Pronunciation: lyet
Bec llet cada matí. - Galician (🇪🇸) – Leite | Pronunciation: lay-teh
Bebo leite pola mañá. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Esne | Pronunciation: es-neh
Esne asko edaten dut. - Welsh (🏴) – Llaeth | Pronunciation: hlahyth
Rwy’n yfed llaeth bob dydd. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Bainne | Pronunciation: bwin-yeh
Ólaim bainne gach maidin. - Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Bainne | Pronunciation: ban-yeh
Tha mi ag òl bainne a h-uile madainn. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Kūpī | Pronunciation: koo-pee
ʻInu au i ka kūpī i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka. - Tamil (🇮🇳) – பால் | Pronunciation: paal
நான் தினமும் பால் குடிக்கிறேன். - Telugu (🇮🇳) – పాలు | Pronunciation: paalu
నేను ప్రతిరోజు పాలు తాగుతాను. - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಹಾಲು | Pronunciation: haalu
ನಾನು ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಹಾಲು ಕುಡಿಯುತ್ತೇನೆ. - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – દૂધ | Pronunciation: doodh
હું રોજ દૂધ પીવું છું. - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਦੂਧ | Pronunciation: doodh
ਮੈਂ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਦੁੱਧ ਪੀਦਾ ਹਾਂ। - Marathi (🇮🇳) – दूध | Pronunciation: doodh
मी रोज दूध पितो. - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කිරි | Pronunciation: kiri
මම දිනපතා කිරි බොනවා. - Nepali (🇳🇵) – दूध | Pronunciation: doodh
म दैनिक दूध पिन्छु। - Pashto (🇦🇫) – شیدې | Pronunciation: she-day
زه هره ورځ شیدې څښم. - Persian (🇮🇷) – شیر | Pronunciation: sheer
من هر روز شیر مینوشم. - Kurdish (🇹🇯) – Şîr | Pronunciation: sheer
Ez rojane şîr vedixwim. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – חלב | Pronunciation: chalav
אני שותה חלב כל בוקר. - Amharic (🇪🇹) – ከብት እንቁላል | Pronunciation: kebit enk’ulal
እኔ የከብት እንቁላል እጠጣለሁ። - Somali (🇸🇴) – Caano | Pronunciation: kaa-no
Waxaan cabaa caano maalin kasta. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Madara | Pronunciation: mah-da-rah
Ina shan madara kowace rana. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Wara | Pronunciation: wah-rah
Mo maa mu wara lojoojumọ. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Mmiri ara ehi | Pronunciation: mmee-ree ah-rah eh-hee
A na m-aṅụ mmiri ara ehi kwa ụtụtụ. - Maori (🇳🇿) – Miraka | Pronunciation: mee-rah-kah
Ka inu au i te miraka ia ata. - Samoan (🇼🇸) – Pipi | Pronunciation: pee-pee
Ou te inu le pipi i aso uma. - Tongan (🇹🇴) – Sisi | Pronunciation: see-see
Oku ou inu ‘a e sisi ‘a e aho kotoa. - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Сүү | Pronunciation: suu
Би өдөр бүр сүү ууна. - Lao (🇱🇦) – ນ້ຳປາກ | Pronunciation: nam pak
ຂ້ອຍດື່ມນ້ຳປາກທຸກມື້. - Khmer (🇰🇭) – ទឹកដោះគោ | Pronunciation: tuek doh ko
ខ្ញុំផឹកទឹកដោះគោរៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ។ - Burmese (🇲🇲) – နို့ | Pronunciation: no
ကျွန်တော် နေ့တိုင်း နို့ သောက်တယ်။ - Tajik (🇹🇯) – Шир | Pronunciation: sheer
Ман ҳар рӯз шир менӯшам. - Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sut | Pronunciation: soot
Men har kuni sut ichaman. - Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сүт | Pronunciation: süt
Мен күн сайын сүт ішемін. - Georgian (🇬🇪) – რძე | Pronunciation: rdze
მე ყოველდღე რძე მაქვს. - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Կաթ | Pronunciation: kat
Ես ամեն օր կաթ եմ խմում։ - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ħalib | Pronunciation: ha-lib
Inħobb inxarrab ħalib filgħodu.
🌟 Conclusion
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