coconut milk

Noun



 * 1) A thick white liquid produced by soaking the white inner flesh of the seed of the coconut in water and straining. It is traditionally used in Southeast Asian cuisine in curry and other gravy.

Usage notes

 * Coconut milk is a distinct product from coconut water (sometimes called "coconut juice"), though in common parlance the two are often confused.
 * Like other plant milk, strictly speaking coconut “milk” is a misnomer, as it is not produced by lactation, though it has a milky (opaque, white) consistency. However, not only has this "misnomer" been in use in English since circa 1200 AD, but using the same logic, terms like peanut butter, coconut cream, hot dog, artichoke heart, and chicken drumstick would also be classified as misnomers.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَلِيب النَارَجِيل, حَلِيب جَوْز الْهِنْد
 * Bikol Central:, natok
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 椰汁, 椰漿, 椰漿, 椰奶
 * Mandarin:, 椰漿, 椰子水兒
 * Czech: kokosové mléko
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: kokoslakto
 * Fijian: lolo
 * Finnish:
 * French:, lait de noix de coco
 * German:
 * Hawaiian: kai niu
 * Hiligaynon: gata
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kókosmjólk
 * Ido: kokoslakto
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: latte di cocco
 * Japanese:
 * Javanese: santen
 * Kapampangan: piga
 * Khmer:
 * Lao:
 * Latvian: kokosriekstu piens
 * Lithuanian: kokoso pienas
 * Macanese: santám
 * Macedonian: кокосово млеко
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mon:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: nazi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kokosmelk, kokosmjølk
 * Nynorsk: kokosmjølk
 * Pali: khīraṃnāḷī
 * Polish: mleczko kokosowe
 * Portuguese: leite de coco
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: lolo, suāniu, peʻepeʻe
 * Shan:
 * Sinhalese: පොල් කිරි
 * Spanish: agua de coco, leche de coco
 * Sranan Tongo: krontomerki
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tongan: lolo, niu huʻi, niu taufua, pekepeke
 * Ukrainian: коко́сове молоко́
 * Vietnamese: nước cốt dừa
 * Volapük: kokotavaet