milky
/ˈmɪlki/adjective
milky is spelled M-I-L-K-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, milky means “Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in milky?
| Letters | 5: M-I-L-K-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is milky?
Milky appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce milky?
- US /ˈmɪlki/
Milky has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-milky.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of milky
- milkier comparative
- milkiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does milky mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
- 2
informalOf the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
- 3
Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.
milky cocoa milky tea
- 4
Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.
- 5
informalCowardly.
- 6
informalImmature, childish.
- 7
obsoleteProducing milk, lactating.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Milky in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does milky come from?
From Middle English mylky, melky; from Old English *meolciġ, from Proto-West Germanic *melukig, from Proto-Germanic *melukigaz. Equivalent to milk + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).