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English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] milk -man
Pronunciation [ edit ] milkman (plural milkmen
Milkman on motorcycle in Uganda (1)A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated , page 154:Our milkman is a jovial character, but not one given to yodelling at the customers on his round. Only the resounding "clonk" of bottles advises us that a couple of pints have been left on the doorstep.
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
man who delivers milk early in the morning
Arabic: بَائِع لَبَن m ( bāʾiʿ laban )
Aromanian: lãptar m
Asturian: llecheru m
Belarusian: мало́чнік m ( malóčnik )
Bengali: দুধওয়ালা ( dudhẇala ) , গোয়ালা ( goẏala )
Bulgarian: млека́р m ( mlekár )
Catalan: lleter m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 送奶人 ( sòngnǎirén )
Czech: mlékař (cs) m
Danish: mælkemand c
Dutch: melkboer (nl) m
Estonian: piimamees (et)
Finnish: maitomies (fi)
French: laitier (fr) m crémier (fr) m
Friulian: latâr m
Galician: leiteiro m
German: Milchmann (de) m
Greek: γαλατάς (el) m ( galatás )
Hindi: दूधवाला (hi) m ( dūdhvālā )
Hungarian: tejesember (hu) , tejes (hu)
Irish: fear bainne m
Italian: lattaio (it) m
Japanese: 牛乳屋 (ja) ( ぎゅうにゅうや, gyūnyūya ) , 牛乳 配達 ( ぎゅにゅうはいたつ, gyūnyū haitatsu )
Korean: 우유 배달원 (牛乳配達員)( uyu baedarwon )
Kyrgyz: сүтчү ( sütçü )
Luxembourgish: Mëllechmann m
Macedonian: млекар m ( mlekar )
Maltese: tal-ħalib m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: melkemann m
Occitan: lachièr m
Polish: mleczarz (pl) m
Portuguese: leiteiro (pt) m
Romanian: lăptar (ro) m
Russian: моло́чник (ru) m ( molóčnik ) , разно́счик молока́ m ( raznósčik moloká )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: млѐка̄р m мљѐка̄р m
Roman: mlèkār (sh) m mljèkār (sh) m
Sicilian: lattaru m
Slovak: mliekar m
Slovene: mlekar m
Spanish: lechero (es) m
Swedish: mjölkutkörare c mjölkbud (sv) n
Tatar: cөтче ( cötçe ) , сөт сатучы ( söt satuçı )
Turkish: sütçü (tr)
Ukrainian: моло́чник m ( molóčnyk )
Urdu: دُودْھ والا m ( dūdh-vālā )
Venetian: latèr m
Vietnamese: người bán sữa
Welsh: dyn llaeth m dyn llefrith m ( North )
Yiddish: מילכיקער ( milkhiker )
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