molt

English

A cicada molting.

Alternative forms

• moult (British English)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlt

Verb

molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)

1. (intransitive) To shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc. and replace it by a fresh layer.
2. (transitive) To shed in such a manner.

Translations

To shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal

• Finnish: luoda (fi), pudottaa (fi)
• French: muer (fr)
• Hungarian: vedlik (hu)
• Icelandic: (of insects and reptiles) hleypa hömum (is), (of birds) fella fjaðrir (is), (of cats and dogs) fara úr hárum (is)

• Russian: линять (ru) (linjatʹ)
• Spanish: pelechar (es)
• Swedish: ömsa (sv), rugga (sv)

To shed in such a manner (transitive form)

• French: muer (fr)

• Swedish: ömsa (sv), rugga (sv)

Noun

molt (plural molts)

1. The skin or feathers cast off during the process of molting.

Translations

The skin or feathers cast off during the process of molting

• French: mue (fr) f

• Icelandic: (of insects and reptiles) hamskipti (is) n pl, (of birds) fjaðrafellir (is) m

References

• “molt” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin multus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /moɫ/, /moɫt/, X-SAMPA: /mo5/, /mo5t/

Adjective

molt m (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

1. much, many

Derived terms

• com a molt

Adverb

molt

1. very

Noun

molt m (uncountable)

1. a lot, a great deal, a large amount

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish molt (“wether”), from Proto-Celtic *molto- (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).

Noun

molt m (genitive moilt, nominative plural moilt)

1. wether
2. (figuratively) sulky, morose person

Declension

Declension of molt

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative molt moilt Vocative a mhoilt a mholta Genitive moilt molt Dative molt moilt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an molt na moilt Genitive an mhoilt na molt Dative leis an molt don mholt leis na moilt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
molt	mholt	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old French

Alternative forms

mult mout multe

mot mut

Etymology

Latin multus

Adjective

molt m (feminine molte)

1. much; many; a lot of

   moltes batailles

   many battles

Declension

  Declension of molt  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	molz	molte	molt
	Oblique	molt	molte	molt
Plural	Subject	molt	moltes	molt
	Oblique	molz	moltes	molt

Adverb

molt (invariable)

1. very, a lot, a great deal
   • 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:

     A Abevile ot un bouchier,
     Que si voison orent molt chier.

     In Abbeville there was a butcher,
     Held in high esteem by his neighbors.

Synonyms

• (adjective): maint
• (adverb): maint, biau cop

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *molto- (“sheep”) (compare Middle Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).

Noun

molt m

1. ram, wether

Derived terms

• moltán
• moltrad

Descendants

• Irish: molt
• Manx: mohlt
• Scottish Gaelic: mult

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

molt m

1. Alternative form of mult.