mild

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Old English milde, from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz; cognate with Old Saxon mildi, Old Frisian milde, Dutch mild, Old High German milti (< German mild), Old Norse mildr (< Icelandic mildur, Swedish mild, Danish mild), and Gothic milds; compare Lithuanian melas ‘dear’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaɪld/, SAMPA: /"maIld/

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• Rhymes: -aɪld

Adjective

mild (comparative milder, superlative mildest)

1. Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.

   The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon. -Waller.

   Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. -Rogers.

   • 2002, Rachel Simon, Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey^[1]:

     I learn that mental retardation is classified in four levels: mild, moderate, severe, and profound.

   • 2003, Janice A. Gault, Ophthalmology Pearls^[2]:

     NPDR can be further classified as mild, moderate, severe, or very severe, which can help predict how quickly the patient may progress to proliferative (neovascular) diabetic retinopathy (PDR).

Synonyms

• soft, gentle, bland, calm, tranquil, soothing, pleasant, placid, meek, kind, tender, indulgent, clement, mollifying, lenitive, assuasive
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Antonyms

• strong
• harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable

Translations

gentle; pleasant; kind; soft

Catalan: suau Chamicuro: pe'cha Chinese: 溫和的, 温和的 Czech: mírný (cs) m. Dutch: mild (nl), zacht (nl) French: doux (fr) m., douce (fr) f. German: mild (de) Greek: ήπιος (el) m., ήπια (el) f., ήπιο (el) n. Interlingua: blande (ia) Italian: delicato (it) m., delicata (it) f., mite (it) m. and f.

Japanese: 穏やか (おだやか, odayaka), 緩やか (ゆるやか, yuruyaka), 温厚 (おんこう, onkō) Korean: 온화한 Macedonian: благ (mk) (blag) m., кроток (mk) (krótok) m. Old English: wēþe (ang) Polish: łagodny (pl) Portuguese: suave (pt) m. and f., gentil (pt) m. and f. Russian: слабый m., слабая f., слабое n. Spanish: suave (es) m. and f., leve (es) Welsh: mwyn (cy)

Noun

mild (plural milds)

1. (UK) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

Derived terms

• mild and bitter

External links

• mild in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mild in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• mild at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse mildr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mil/, [milˀ]

Adjective

mild (neuter mildt, definite and plural milde, comparative mildere, superlative mildest)

1. mild, gentle, soft
2. light, lenient

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Dutch

Adjective

mild (comparative milder, superlative mildst)

1. mild

Declension

Declension of mild

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		mild	milder
neuter singular	indefinite	mild	milder
	definite	milde	mildere	mildste	het mildst(e)
common singular		milde	mildere	mildste	de mildste
plural		milde	mildere	mildste	de mildste
partitive		milds	milders

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German

Etymology

From Old High German milti.

Adjective

mild (comparative milder, superlative am mildesten)

1. mild

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mild

1. mild, gentle
2. bland; not hot or strong (about taste of food)
3. weak; not corrosive or aggressive

   en mild ättiksyralösning

   a weak solution of acetic acid

4. not extreme; about weather: neither hot nor cold

Declension

Declension of mild

Inflections of mild		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	mild	mildare		mildast
	Neuter	milt
Definite singular	Masc.	milde		mildaste
	All	milda		mildaste
Plural		milda		mildaste