哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)

ほにゅうびん
noun
baby bottle; nursing bottle
1. baby bottle; nursing bottle; feeding bottle
A bottle with a nipple used to feed milk or formula to infants.
哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)を消毒(しょうどく)する。
To sterilize a baby bottle.
赤(あか)ちゃんが哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)でミルクを飲(の)んでいる。
The baby is drinking milk from a bottle.
新生児用(しんせいじよう)の哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)はサイズが小(ちい)さくて、乳首(ちくび)の穴(あな)も小(ちい)さい。
Baby bottles for newborns are small in size, and the nipple holes are also small.

The standard word for baby bottles in Japanese. Essential vocabulary for parenting contexts. The word combines 哺乳(ほにゅう) (nursing, suckling) with 瓶(びん) (bottle).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)を消毒(しょうどく)する: to sterilize a baby bottle
  • 哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)の乳首(ちくび): the nipple of a baby bottle
  • ガラスの哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん): glass baby bottle
  • プラスチックの哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん): plastic baby bottle
  • 哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)拒否(きょひ): bottle refusal (when a baby refuses the bottle)

RELATED TERMS:

  • 哺乳(ほにゅう): nursing, breast-feeding; also "mammalian" (哺乳類(ほにゅうるい) = mammals)
  • 授乳(じゅにゅう): feeding (breast or bottle)
  • 母乳(ぼにゅう): breast milk
  • ミルク: formula milk (in parenting context)
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