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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 換毛 (cmn), 换毛 (cmn) (huànmáo), (of birds) 換羽 (cmn), 换羽 (cmn) (huànyǔ)

• 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)
• Japanese: 抜け替わり (ja) (ぬけかわり, nukekawari)
• Russian: линька (ru) (línʹka) 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.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 換毛 (cmn), 换毛 (cmn) (huànmáo), (of birds) 換羽 (cmn), 换羽 (cmn) (huànyǔ)

• Dutch: ruien (nl) (feathers), muiten (nl) (falcons), vervellen (nl) (skin), verharen (nl) (fur)
• French: muer (fr)
• German: mausern (de) (feathers), häuten (de) (skin)
• Hungarian: vedlik (hu)

• Italian: mutare (it), fare la muta (it)
• Japanese: 抜け替わる (ja) (ぬけかわる, nukekawaru), 生え変わる (ja) (はえかわる, haekawaru)
• Maori: turuki (mi)
• Russian: линять (ru) (linjátʹ)
• 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

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French molt, mout < Latin multum.

Adverb

moult

1. much; a lot