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Meaning of whey | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

hweɪ

Definitions

The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
uncountable, usually
serum
IV or intravenous line or fluid

Equivalents

العربية شرش مَاء الْجُبْن مصل مصل الحليب

Azərbaycanca Zərdab

Български суроватка

Bosanski serum sirotka сурутка

Català xerigot

Čeština syrovátka

Cymraeg maidd

Dansk valle

Deutsch Molke

Ελληνικά ξινόγαλο

Español suero

Eesti vadak

Euskara gazur

Suomi hera

Français petit-lait

Gaeilge meadhg

Galego soro

עברית מֵי גְּבִינָה

Hrvatski serum sirotka сурутка

Magyar savó

Հայերեն շիճուկ

Íslenska mysa

Italiano siero di latte

日本語乳清

ქართული შრატი

ខ្មែរ ទឹកដោះថ្លា

한국어 유청

Kurdî serûm zer zer

Latina serum

Lëtzebuergesch Wässeg

Latviešu sūkalas

Македонски ѕира сурутка

Nederlands wei

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਪਨੀਰ ਪਾਣੀ

Polski serwatka

Português soro

Română zer

Русский сыворотка

Slovenčina srvátka

Slovenščina sirotka

Shqip hirrë thartor

Српски serum sirotka сурутка

Svenska vassle

ไทย หางนม

Українська сироватка

Tiếng Việt váng sữa

Examples

“Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.”

“{...} if I wished any blessing in the world, it was to find him a worthy object of pride; and I’m bitterly disappointed with the whey-faced, whining wretch!”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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