🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

petit-lait

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pə-ti-lɛ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Whey/weɪ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le petit-lait est un sous-produit de la fabrication du fromage."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The watery part of milk that remains after the formation of curds.

    "Whey is often used as a protein supplement in fitness diets."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Old English hwǣġe, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German hwēig.

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