molde

See also: Molde

English

Noun

molde (usually uncountable, plural moldes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mold.
   • 1567; Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses, Bk. 1 Lines 724-5

     And could not finde hir any where, assuredly he thought

     She did not live above the molde, ne drewe the vitall breath:

Anagrams

• model

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Basque

Noun

molde

1. manner

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *muldō, from *mel- (“to grind”). Cognate with Old High German molta (dialectal German Molt), Old Norse mold (Swedish mull), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmol.de/, [ˈmoɫ.de]

Noun

molde f

1. earth, soil
2. the earth, world

Declension

Declension of molde (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	molde	moldan
accusative	moldan	moldan
genitive	moldan	moldena
dative	moldan	moldum

Descendants

• English: mould

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish molde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔw.dʒi/
• Hyphenation: mol‧de

Noun

molde m (plural moldes)

1. mould, cast
2. (by extension) model, example

   A escola foi o molde para toda a sua vida.

   School was a model for his whole life.

3. (typography) printing mould

Verb

molde

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of moldar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of moldar
3. first-person singular imperative of moldar
4. third-person singular imperative of moldar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Catalan motle, metathesized from Latin modulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolde/ [ˈmol̪.d̪e]

Noun

molde m (plural moldes)

1. mold, cast
2. pan, tin (for baking)

Derived terms

• amoldar
• moldar
• moldear
• moldura
• molde para quiche (“quiche pan”)

Related terms

• módulo

Further reading

• “molde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014