The French note translated tale about milk (7)
I believe the answer is:
lacteal
'milk' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the french note translated tale' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'note' becomes 'c' (musical note).
'translated' is an anagram indicator.
'tale' is an anagram of 'teal'.
'la'+'c'+'teal'='LACTEAL'
'about' is the link.
(Other definitions for lacteal that I've seen before include "Milky resin" , "Milk-like; pertaining to milk" .)