How To Say “Milk” In Different Languages

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27 February 2026
By Sarah Angela Almaden
Glass of fresh milk
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Mmmmmmilk. Milk is a four-letter word, but these days, not all kinds come from a cow! I like milk. No, actually that is a lie. I love milk. But when I found out as a toddler that chocolate milk didn’t actually come from chocolate cows, I was devastated and very confused. Mostly, I just worried about whether or not I’d still get my chocolate milk fix! (Spoiler: I always did.)

Now that I’ve mastered the source of my milk, I have a more important question for you: When you have cereal, do you pour the milk before or after? There might not be a "wrong" answer to this riddle, but you’re definitely going to get some looks depending on what you choose! Better choose your milk pouring strategy carefully :)


Language Local Word Pronunciation
Englishmilkmilk
Tagalogang gatasang ga-tas
Vietnamesesữasoo-uh
Indonesiansususoo-soo
Italianil latteeel lah-teh
Spanishla lechelah leh-cheh
Frenchle laitluh leh
Germandie Milchdee milkh
Dutchde melkduh melk
Korean우유oo-yoo
Japanese牛乳gyuu-nyuu
RussianМолокоmoloko
Polishmlekomleh-ko
Swedishmjölkenmyuhlk-en
Finnishmaitomy-toh
Norwegianmelkenmelk-en
Ukrainianмолокоmoloko
Turkishsütsoot
Greekτο γάλαtoh gah-lah
Icelandicmjólkinmyohlk-in
Esperantola laktola lahk-toh
Mandarin Chinese牛奶niúnǎi
Hindiदूधdoodh
Arabicالحليبal haleeb
Brazilian Portugueseo leiteoh lay-chee
Danishmælkenmelk-en
Romanianlaptelelap-teh-leh
Czechmlékomlyeh-ko
Catalanla lletlah lyet
Basqueesnees-neh
Bulgarianмлякотоmlyah-koh-toh


Got Milk? Now say it in Italian🥛

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