птичье молоко

Russian

Etymology

Literally, birds’ milk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈptʲit͡ɕjə məɫɐˈko]
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Noun

пти́чье молоко́ • (ptíčʹje molokón inan (genitive пти́чьего молока́, uncountable)

  1. hen’s teeth (something extremely rare)
  2. (also capitalised) "Ptichye moloko", (name of) popular chocolate candies, also known in the West under the Polish name ptasie mleczko (birds’ milk), and in Germany as Vogelmilch (birds’ milk).

Declension