🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

酪乳

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lào rǔ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
buttermilk/ˈbʌt.ɚ.mɪlk/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这块蛋糕是用酪乳做的。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The sour liquid left after churning butter from milk or cream, or a cultured dairy product made by adding lactic acid bacteria to milk.

    "She used buttermilk to make the pancakes extra fluffy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Old English 'buttermilc', formed from 'butter' and 'milk', originally referring to the residual liquid left after churning butter from churned cream.

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