smolt

English

Etymology

Probably an alteration of smelt, due to smolt (“smooth”). See above.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /smɒlt/, /sməʊlt/

  • Audio (Southern England); /smɒlt/:

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• (US) IPA^(key): /smoʊlt/
• Rhymes: -əʊlt, -ɒlt

Noun

smolt (plural smolts)

1. A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Derived terms

• presmolt, smoltification

Translations

young salmon

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: smoltti (fi)
• Irish: gealóg (bhradáin) f
• Polish: smolt (pl) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• molts

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

smolt

1. singular past indicative of smelten

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

smolt m (plural smolts)

1. smolt (salmon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English smolt.

Noun

smolt m (definite singular smolten, indefinite plural smoltar, definite plural smoltane)

1. a smolt (young salmon)

Etymology 2

Noun

smolt n (definite singular smoltet, indefinite plural smolt, definite plural smolta)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of smult

References

• “smolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smolt/, [smoɫt]

Adjective

smolt

1. serene, quiet, peaceful

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “smolt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.