milky C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈmɪlki/ UK /ˈmɪlki/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj resembling milk in color or cloudiness; pale and opaque A milky haze hung over the morning fields. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · resembling milk in color or... creamycloudyopaquepalewhitishlacteal ↔ Opposites cleartransparenttranslucent Word family Derived forms milkiness Related forms milk Etymology AI details From milk (Old English meolc, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- 'to milk') + -y. meolc Old English *h₂melǵ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # milky **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈmɪlki/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɪlki/ ## Meanings 1. resembling milk in color or cloudiness; pale and opaque ## Examples - A milky haze hung over the morning fields. ## Synonyms - creamy - cloudy - opaque - pale - whitish - lacteal ## Antonyms - clear - transparent - translucent ## Derived Forms - milkiness ## Related Forms - milk ## Roots and Affixes - Root: meolc - Root: *h₂melǵ- ## Etymology From milk (Old English meolc, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- 'to milk') + -y. ## AI Etymology Milky comes from milk (Old English meolc, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- 'to milk') + -y. The etymological trail includes Old English meolc, Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. The same word family includes milkiness, milk. Its current adjective use means "resembling milk in color or cloudiness; pale and opaque". ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown