milt

English

Etymology

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪlt/
• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Noun

milt (plural milts)

1. The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
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     Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.

2. Fish semen.

Synonyms

• (spleen): spleen; lien (uncommon)
• (fish semen): soft roe, white roe

Derived terms

• milter
• milt-grown
• milting
• milt-like
• milt-pain
• milt-sick
• milt-sickness
• milt-vein
• miltwaste
• milt-wort
• milty

 

Related terms

• miltsiekte
• miltz

Translations

fish semen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魚白／鱼白 (zh) (yúbái), 鱼白 (zh) (yúbái)

• Czech: mlíčí n
• Dutch: kuit (nl) m
• Faroese: sil n, mjálki m
• Finnish: maiti (fi)
• French: laite (fr) f, laitance (fr) f
• German: Milch (de) f, Fischmilch f
• Icelandic: svil n pl
• Ido: laktumo (io)
• Irish: péire m
• Japanese: 白子 (しらこ, shirako)
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• Maori: huatea
• Polish: mlecz (pl) m
• Portuguese: leita f, láctea f
• Russian: моло́ка (ru) f (molóka), моло́ки (ru) f pl (molóki) (often plural)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: млије̑ч f / мле̑ч f

  Roman: mlijȇč (sh) f / mlȇč (sh) f

• Spanish: lecha (es) f
• Swedish: mjölke (sv) c
• Turkish: süt (tr), balık sütü (tr)
• Volapük: fitanögem

the organ spleen — see spleen

Verb

milt (third-person singular simple present milts, present participle milting, simple past and past participle milted)

1. (transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

Translations

impregnate with milt

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse milti.

Noun

milt c (singular definite milten, plural indefinite milte)

1. spleen

Declension

Declension of milt

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	milt	milten	milte	miltene
genitive	milts	miltens	miltes	miltenes

References

• “milt” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch milte, from Old Dutch *milta, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ.

Noun

milt f (plural milten, diminutive miltje n)

1. spleen

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪl̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɪl̥t

Etymology 1

From Old Norse milti, Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

milt n (genitive singular milts, plural milt)

1. spleen

Inflection

Declension of milt
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	milt	miltið	milt	miltini
accusative	milt	miltið	milt	miltini
dative	milti	miltinum	miltum	miltunum
genitive	milts	miltsins	milta	miltanna

Synonyms

• milti

Etymology 2

From the adjective mildur.

Adjective

milt

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of mildur

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪl̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɪl̥t

Adjective

milt

1. strong neuter singular nominative of mildur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse milti.

Noun

milt m (definite singular milten, indefinite plural milter, definite plural miltene)

1. spleen (organ)

Derived terms

• miltbrann

References

• “milt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• milte

Etymology

From Old Norse milti.

Noun

milt m or n (definite singular milten or miltet, indefinite plural miltar or milt, definite plural miltane or milta)

1. spleen (organ)

Derived terms

• miltbrann

References

• “milt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

milt

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite neuter singular of mild

Adverb

milt (comparative mildare, superlative mildast)

1. gently, mildly; blandly