Wet nurse in Hebrew is מֵינֶקֶת (meinéket).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
מֵינֶקֶת
meinéket
noun · feminine
In English
wet nurse
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for wet nurse as a noun.
woman hired to suckle another woman's child
- מֵינֶקֶתמינקתmeinéketfeminineIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word מֵינֶקֶת.
- Written with vowel points
- מֵינֶקֶת
- Written without vowel points
- מינקת
- Said
- meinéket
- Plural
- מֵינִיקוֹת
- Its meanings in English
- wet nurse, nursing mother, tube that sucks liquid upward out of a barrel or other container
The Hebrew dictionary's page for מינקת, with its synonyms and rhymes
These words come before and after wet nurse in the list.
These are the questions people ask about wet nurse in Hebrew.
How do you say wet nurse in Hebrew?
wet nurse in Hebrew is מֵינֶקֶת, said meinéket. Without vowel points it is written מינקת. Its plural is מֵינִיקוֹת.
Is מינקת masculine or feminine?
The word מינקת is feminine.
What else does מינקת mean in English?
Besides wet nurse, מינקת can mean nursing mother and tube that sucks liquid upward out of a barrel or other container.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry wet nurse and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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