caille-lait

French

Alternative forms

• caillelait

Etymology

From cailler (“to curdle”) +‎ lait (“milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj.lɛ/

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Noun

caille-lait m (plural caille-laits)

1. bedstraw (plant of the genus Galium)

   Synonym: gaillet

Further reading

• “caille-lait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.