哺乳瓶(ほにゅうびん)

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 words

• 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)