The milkman came around at six every morning.
Source: tatoeba (19452)
Milkman
//ˈmɪlkmən//
Synonyms for "milkman" (7 found)
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61 translations across 49 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَائِع لَبَن noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Aromanian
1 entries- lãptar noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Asturian
1 entries- llecheru noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Belarusian
1 entries- мало́чнік noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Bengali
2 entries- গোয়ালা noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- দুধওয়ালা noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Bulgarian
1 entries- млека́р noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Catalan
1 entries- lleter noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 送奶人 noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Czech
1 entries- mlékař noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Danish
1 entries- mælkemand noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Dutch
1 entries- melkboer noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Estonian
1 entries- piimamees noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Finnish
1 entries- maitomies noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
French
2 entries- crémier noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- laitier noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Friulian
1 entries- latâr noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Galician
1 entries- leiteiro noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
German
1 entries- Milchmann noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Greek
1 entries- γαλατάς noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Hindi
1 entries- दूधवाला noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Hungarian
2 entries- tejes noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- tejesember noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Irish
1 entries- fear bainne noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Italian
1 entries- lattaio noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Japanese
2 entries- 牛乳屋 noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- 牛乳配達 noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Korean
1 entries- 우유 배달원 noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сүтчү noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Mëllechmann noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Macedonian
1 entries- млекар noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Maltese
1 entries- tal-ħalib noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- melkemann noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Occitan
1 entries- lachièr noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- млєкар noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- млєчар noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Polish
1 entries- mleczarz noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Portuguese
1 entries- leiteiro noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Romanian
1 entries- lăptar noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Russian
2 entries- моло́чник noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- разно́счик молока́ noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mljèkār noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- mlèkār noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- млѐка̄р noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- мљѐка̄р noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Sicilian
1 entries- lattaru noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Slovak
1 entries- mliekar noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Slovene
1 entries- mlekar noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Spanish
1 entries- lechero noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Swedish
2 entries- mjölkbud noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- mjölkutkörare noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Tatar
2 entries- cөтче noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- сөт сатучы noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Turkish
1 entries- sütçü noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Ukrainian
1 entries- моло́чник noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Urdu
1 entries- دُودْھ والا noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Venetan
1 entries- latèr noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Vietnamese
1 entries- người bán sữa noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Welsh
2 entries- dyn llaeth noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
- dyn llefrith noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Yiddish
1 entries- מילכיקער noun (man who delivers milk early in the morning)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Is there a milkman?
Source: tatoeba (19453)
Boxing Day, when presents are given to the postman, the milkman, etc., is the first week-day after Christmas.
Source: tatoeba (33586)
"Today, the milkman was buried. There were a lot of people, cause everybody in the village knew him." "Oh, is there a milkman in Linschoten?" "Well, no, not anymore!"
Source: tatoeba (397481)
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