moult

English

A cicada moulting.

A cockroach moulting.

Alternative forms

• molt (American English)

Noun

moult (uncountable)

1. The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

   Some birds change colour during their winter moult.

Translations

The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc

Dutch: rui (nl) m. French: mue (fr) f. German: Mauser (de) f. (feathers), Häutung (de) f. (skin) Hungarian: vedlés (hu)

Italian: muta (it), muda (it) Russian: линька (ru) f. Spanish: muda (es) f.

Verb

moult (third-person singular simple present moults, present participle moulting, simple past and past participle moulted)

1. (intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

Translations

To shed or lose a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

Dutch: ruien (nl) French: muer (fr) German: mausern (de) (feathers), häuten (de) (skin) Hungarian: vedlik (hu) Italian: mutare (it), fare la muta (it)

Russian: линять (ru) Slovene: leviti (se) (skin) Spanish: mudar (es) Swedish: ömsa (skin)

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French

Adverb

moult

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of moultes.

Anagrams

• mulot