moisten

English

Etymology

From moist +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɪsən/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪsən

Verb

moisten (third-person singular simple present moistens, present participle moistening, simple past and past participle moistened)

1. (transitive) To make moist or moister.
2. (intransitive) To become moist or moister.

Translations

to make moist

• Armenian: թրջել (hy) (tʻrǰel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使湿润

• Czech: navlhčit
• Esperanto: malsekigi
• Finnish: kostuttaa (fi)
• French: humidifier (fr)

  Old French: amoistir

• Galician: mollar (gl)
• German: anfeuchten (de), befeuchten (de)
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• Ido: arozetar (io)
• Italian: inumidire (it)
• Korean: 적시다 (ko) (jeogsida, jeok-)
• Latin: lavo, imbuō
• Maori: takawai, whakamākū, whakamākūkū
• Portuguese: humedecer (pt), umedecer (pt), humidecer
• Quechua: ch'aranchay, huq'uchay
• Romanian: uda (ro), umezi (ro)
• Russian: увлажня́ть (ru) (uvlažnjátʹ), увлажни́ть (ru) (uvlažnítʹ)
• Slovene: vlážiti
• Spanish: humedecer (es), mojar (es)

to become moist

• Armenian: թրջվել (hy) (tʻrǰvel)
• Czech: vlhnout, zvlhnout
• Finnish: kostua (fi)
• French: mouiller (fr)
• Galician: mollar (gl)
• German: feucht werden
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• Ido: humideskar (io)
• Korean: 젖다 (ko) (jeojda, jeot-)
• Russian: увлажня́ться (ru) (uvlažnjátʹsja), увлажни́ться (ru) (uvlažnítʹsja)
• Spanish: humedecerse, mojarse
• Westrobothnian:

Anagrams

• mestino, misnote

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• moisien

Adjective

moisten

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural of moinen

Anagrams

• monesti, moniste

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• moysten

Verb

moisten (third-person singular simple present moisteth, present participle moistende, moistynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle moisted)

1. to moisten (make more moist)

Descendants

• English: moist (obsolete as a verb)