mould

See also: Mould

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moʊld/
• IPA^(key): /məʊld/

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• Rhymes: -əʊld

Etymology 1

Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin modulus.

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (British, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold (“hollow form or matrix”)

Translations

mould — see mold

Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (British, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold (“to shape in a mould”)

Translations

mould — see mold

Etymology 2

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (British, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”)

Translations

mould — see mold

Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (British, Canada, Australia) Alternative spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”)

Translations

mould — see mold