bult

Dutch

Alternative forms

• bilt, belt, bolt (obsolete or dialectal, surviving in placenames and compounds)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏlt

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Noun

bult m (plural bulten, diminutive bultje n)

1. bump (on an otherwise flat or even surface)
2. hump

Derived terms

• bultachtig
• bulte
• bulten
• bultenaar
• bultig
• bultijzer
• bultklopper (“planisher”)
• bultrug
• bultrugde
• bultvis
• bultzalm
• gebult
• zegbult

Anagrams

• blut

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Karakalpak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bulït, compare Turkish bulut, Yakut пылыт (pılıt).

Noun

bult

1. cloud

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Swedish

a fastening bolt with nut

bult

Noun

bult c

1. bolt (metal fastener)

Declension

Declension of bult
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bult	bulten	bultar	bultarna
Genitive	bults	bultens	bultars	bultarnas

Related terms

• bulta

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bult c (plural bulten, diminutive bultsje)

1. pile, heap
2. (by extension) large amount
3. bump (on the skin)
4. bump, hump (raised area)

Alternative forms

• bulte

Further reading

• “bult”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011