goat's milk

noun

Milk that is produced by goats.

Meanings

noungoat's milk (usually uncountable, plural goat's milks)

plural goat's milks · alternative US goat milk · alternative US goatmilk · alternative goats' milk

  1. uncountableusuallyMilk that is produced by goats.

    It is often difficult to obtain clean fresh goat’s milk. Proprietary canned goat’s milks are on the market.

    1937, J[ohn] P[rice] Crozer Griffith, A[lbert] Graeme Mitchel, “Artificial Feeding in the First Year”, in The Diseases of Infants and Children, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: W[alter] B[urns] Saunders Company, →OCLC, page 81
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    Commercial-scale quantities of evaporated and spray-dried powder goat’s milks are produced in the United States and elsewhere. However, little information is available on nutritional and manufacturing parameters of butter, condensed, evaporated and dried milks from goat’s milk.

    1993, Young W. Park, “Goat: Milk”, in R[obert] Macrae, R[ichard] K[enneth] Robinson, M[ichèle] J. Sadler, editors, Encyclopaedia of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition, volume 4 (Fumigants–Malnutrition), London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 2242, column 1

    Goat’s milk is in fact more similar to human milk than cow’s milk, but it is still unmodified and should never be given to a baby under six months. Some goat’s milks are unpasteurized and should not be given to young children because of the risk of bacterial infection in a baby whose immune system is still not fully developed. If you do give unpasteurized goat’s milk to a child under one it should be boiled first.

    1998, Maggie Jones, “Diet”, in Eczema: Practical and Easy-to-Follow Advice (Your Child), Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element, →ISBN, page 37

Origin

  1. Middle Englishgayttes mylke
  2. Englishgoat's milk

From Middle English gayttes mylke, gothes milke.

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Translations

Arabic حَلِيب اَلْمَاعِز
  • حَلِيب اَلْمَاعِز (ḥalīb al-māʕiz)product
Catalan llet de cabra
  • llet de cabraproduct
Chinese Mandarin 山羊奶
  • 山羊奶 (shānyángnǎi)product
Danish gedemælk
  • gedemælkproduct
Dutch geitenmelk
  • geitenmelkproduct
Finnish vuohenmaito, kutunmaito
  • vuohenmaitoproduct
  • kutunmaitoproduct
French lait de chèvre
  • lait de chèvreproduct
German Ziegenmilch
  • Ziegenmilchproduct
Hebrew חלב עיזים
  • חלב עיזים (khaláv 'izím)product
Italian latte di capra
  • latte di capraproduct
Japanese 山羊乳
  • 山羊乳 (yaginyū)product
Korean 산양유, 염소젖
  • 산양유 (sanyang'yu)product
  • 염소젖 (yeomsojeot)product
Polish mleko kozie
  • mleko kozieproduct
Portuguese leite de cabra
  • leite de cabraproduct
Romanian lapte de capră
  • lapte de caprăproduct
Russian ко́зье молоко́
  • ко́зье молоко́ (kózʹje molokó)product
Spanish leche de cabra
  • leche de cabraproduct
Swedish getmjölk
  • getmjölkproduct
Tagalog gatas ng kambing
  • gatas ng kambingproduct
Turkish keçi sütü
  • keçi sütüproduct
Welsh llaeth gafr
  • llaeth gafrproduct
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APA

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Chicago

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