dairy

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) +‎ -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) +‎ -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛə.ɹi/
• (General American)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɚ.i/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɹ.i/

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• (Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːɹi/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdeəɹi/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdiəɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈdeɹɪ/, /deɹe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɜːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
• Homophones: Derry (Mary–marry–merry merger), dearie (cheer–chair merger)

Noun

dairy (countable and uncountable, plural dairies)

1. (uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
   • 2023 May 14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     My routine changed in February because I stopped alcohol, caffeine and dairy. Normally, I would have drunk a strong beer before I went to bed and made an espresso in the morning. It’s boring now but healthier.

2. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:
   1. A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.

      Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.

   2. A dairy farm.
   3. A shop selling dairy products.

      Synonyms: milkhouse, milkery (rare)

      Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?

3. (New Zealand) A corner store, superette or minimart.
4. (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
   • 2011, Kate Moore, To Seduce an Angel:

     Her dairies as Wallop had called them were on display, or at least as much of them as she and Ruth could not contrive to cover.

Derived terms

• antidairy
• Dairy Arm
• dairy bar
• dairy cattle
• dairy cow
• dairyer
• dairy farmer
• dairy farming
• Dairy Flat
• dairy-free
• dairygirl
• dairyhouse
• dairying
• dairyland
• dairyless
• dairylike
• dairy lunch
• dairymaid
• dairyman
• dairy product
• dairywoman
• megadairy
• model dairy

Translations

place, where milk is processed

• Arabic: مَلْبَنَة f (malbana)
• Armenian: կաթնարան (hy) (katʻnaran)
• Basque: esnetegi
• Bulgarian: мандра (bg) f (mandra)
• Catalan: lleteria f, formatgeria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶牛場 / 奶牛场 (zh) (nǎiniúchǎng), 乳牛場 / 乳牛场 (rǔniúchǎng)

• Cornish: leti m
• Czech: mlékárna (cs) f
• Danish: mejeri (da) n
• Esperanto: fromaĝfarejo
• Faroese: mjólkarvirki n
• Finnish: meijeri (fi)
• French: laiterie (fr) f
• Galician: leiteiría f
• Georgian: ერბო-კარაქის ქარხანა (erbo-ḳarakis karxana), რძის ფერმა (rʒis perma)
• German: Molkerei (de) f
• Greek: γαλακτοκομείο (el) n (galaktokomeío)
• Hebrew: מחלבה (he) f (makhlava)
• Hindi: दुग्ध (hi) m (dugdh)
• Icelandic: mjólkurbú (is) n
• Ido: lakteyo
• Irish: teach bainne m
• Italian: caseificio (it) m
• Japanese: 牧場 (ja) (ぼくじょう, bokujō), 酪農 (ja) (らくのう, rakunō)
• Korean: 낙농공장 (nangnonggongjang)
• Latvian: pienotava f
• Macedonian: млекарница f (mlekarnica)
• Manx: thie bainney m
• Middle English: deyerie
• Norman: lait'tie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meieri n

  Nynorsk: meieri n

• Polish: mleczarnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: leitaria f
• Romanian: untărie f, lăptărie (ro)
• Russian: маслобо́йня (ru) f (maslobójnja), маслоде́льня (ru) f (maslodélʹnja), моло́чная фе́рма f (molóčnaja férma), молокозавод (ru) m (molokozavod)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-bainne m
• Slovak: mliekareň f
• Spanish: granja (es) f, granja lechera f, establo (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: mejeri (sv) n
• Turkish: peynirhane (tr)
• Ukrainian: молочарня f (moločarnja), маслоробня f (maslorobnja)
• Venetan: caxèl m
• Welsh: llaethdy m

dairy farm — see dairy farm

shop selling dairy products

• Armenian: կաթնատուն (hy) (katʻnatun)
• Bulgarian: млекарница f (mlekarnica)
• Catalan: lleteria, vaqueria (specifically, cows), cabreria (specifically goats)
• Esperanto: laktovendejo
• Finnish: maitokauppa (fi)
• French: crèmerie (fr), laiterie (fr)
• German: Milchladen (de) m
• Greek: γαλακτοπωλείο (el) n (galaktopoleío)
• Icelandic: mjólkurbúð (is) f
• Ido: lakterio (io)
• Irish: teach bainne m
• Italian: latteria (it) f
• Japanese: 牛乳屋 (ja) (gyūnyūya) (optionally, added さん (san)), 牛乳販売店 (gyūnyūhanbaiten)
• Manx: shapp bainney m
• Norwegian: melkebutikk m
• Persian: لبنیاتی (fa) (labaniyâti)
• Portuguese: leitaria f
• Romanian: lăptărie (ro) f
• Russian: моло́чный магази́н m (molóčnyj magazín), моло́чная (ru) f (molóčnaja)
• Spanish: lechería f, mantequería f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: mjölkbutik (sv) c, mjölkbod c, mjölkaffär c
• Turkish: mandıra (tr)
• Welsh: siop laeth f

corner-store, superette, mini-mart

• Finnish: lähikauppa (fi)
• French: alimentation générale f, (Canada) dépanneur (fr) m
• German: Laden um die Ecke m
• Italian: alimentari (it) m
• Japanese: コンビニ (ja) (konbini)
• Macedonian: гранап m (granap), бакалница f (bakalnica)
• Polish: sklep ogólnospożywczy m
• Portuguese: mercearia (pt) f
• Spanish: (Mexico) tiendita f, minisúper m, supercito f
• Swahili: shajara (sw)
• Swedish: närbutik (sv) c, jourbutik c, minilivs

slang, vulgar: woman's breast

• Dutch: melkfabriek (nl) f
• Finnish: meijerit pl, hinkit (fi) pl
• German: Milchküche (de) f
• Polish: mleczarnia (pl) f

products produced from milk

• Arabic: مشتقات الحليب
• Armenian: կաթնամթերք (hy) (katʻnamtʻerkʻ)
• Assamese: গাখীৰজাত (gakhirzat)
• Bulgarian: млечни произведения (mlečni proizvedenija)
• Catalan: lactis (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乳製品 / 乳制品 (zh) (rǔzhìpǐn)

• Danish: mejeriprodukter c pl, mælkeprodukter c pl
• Dutch: zuivel (nl) m
• Esperanto: laktaĵoj pl
• Estonian: piimatooted pl
• Finnish: maitotuotteet (fi) pl
• French: laitages (fr) m pl, produits laitiers m pl
• Georgian: რძის პროდუქტები pl (rʒis ṗrodukṭebi)
• German: Molkereiprodukte (de) pl, Milchprodukte (de) pl
• Greek: γαλακτοκομικά (el) n pl (galaktokomiká)
• Hebrew: מוצרי חלב m pl (mutzrei khalav)
• Hungarian: tejtermék (hu)
• Icelandic: mjólkurafurðir f
• Indonesian: produk susu
• Italian: latticini (it) m pl
• Japanese: 乳製品 (ja) (nyūseihin)
• Karelian: maitohiset
• Korean: 유제품 (ko) (yujepum)
• Macedonian: млечни производи m pl (mlečni proizvodi)
• Malay: tenusu, produk tenusu, produk susu
• Mongolian: цагаан идээ (cagaan idee)
• Norwegian: meieriprodukter n pl, melkeprodukter n pl
• Persian: لبنیات (fa) (labaniyât)
• Polish: nabiał (pl) m
• Portuguese: laticínios m pl
• Romanian: lactate (ro) n pl
• Russian: моло́чка (ru) f (molóčka), моло́чные проду́кты m pl (molóčnyje prodúkty)
• Spanish: lácteos (es) m pl
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: mejeriprodukter (sv) c pl, mjölkprodukter (sv) c pl
• Thai: ผลิตภัณฑ์นม (pà-lìt-tá-pan-nom)
• Turkish: mandıra ürünleri pl, süt ürünleri pl
• Ukrainian: моло́чка f (molóčka) (regional), моло́чні ви́роби m pl (molóčni výroby), моло́чні проду́кти m pl (molóčni prodúkty), набі́л m (nabíl) (regional)
• Vietnamese: sản phẩm sữa, chế phẩm sữa
• Yiddish: מילכיקס n (milkhiks)

Adjective

dairy (not comparable)

1. Referring to products produced from milk.
   1. (specifically) Referring to products produced from animal milk as opposed to non-milk substitutes.

      Is this milk dairy or soy?

2. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
3. (UK) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

Derived terms

• dairy cake
• dairy milk
• nondairy

Related terms

• milky

Translations

referring to products produced from milk

• Arabic: حَلِيبِيّ (ḥalībiyy), لَبَنِيّ (labaniyy)
• Belarusian: мало́чны (malóčny)
• Bulgarian: мле́чен (bg) (mléčen)
• Czech: mléčný (cs)
• Dutch: zuivel-
• French: laitier (fr)
• Georgian: რძის (rʒis)
• German: Milch- (de)
• Greek: γαλακτοκομικός (el) (galaktokomikós)
• Hebrew: חֲלָבִי (he) (khalaví)
• Hindi: दुग्ध (hi) (dugdh)
• Italian: caseario (it)
• Macedonian: млечен (mlečen)
• Malay: tenusu
• Norwegian: meieri-, melke-
• Polish: mleczny (pl)
• Portuguese: leiteiro (pt), lácteo (pt), laticínio (pt)
• Romanian: lactat (ro)
• Russian: моло́чный (ru) (molóčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мле̑чнӣ, млије̑чнӣ

  Latin: mlȇčnī, mlijȇčnī (sh)

• Slovak: mliečny (sk)
• Slovene: mlečen (sl)
• Spanish: lácteo (es)
• Swahili: shajara (sw)
• Tagalog: gatasin
• Ukrainian: моло́чний (uk) (molóčnyj)
• Yiddish: מילכיק (milkhik)

referring to the milk production and processing industries

• Galician: leiteiro
• Georgian: რძის (rʒis)
• Greek: γαλακτοκομικός (el) (galaktokomikós)
• Italian: caseario (it)
• Māori: kutētē
• Norwegian: meieri-
• Portuguese: leiteiro (pt), laticínio (pt)
• Romanian: lactat (ro)
• Russian: моло́чный (ru) (molóčnyj)
• Spanish: lácteo (es)
• Swahili: shajara (sw)

on food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources

• Spanish: con solamente grasa láctea, de grasa puramente láctea
• Swahili: shajara (sw)

References

• “dairy”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• (woman's breast): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• diary, riyad, yaird