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moult¹
- /moʊlt/ US
- /mɒlt/ UK
- /məʊlt/ UK
Rhymes with -əʊlt
Where it comes from
From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (attested in bemutian, “to exchange for”), from Latin mūtō (“to (re)move, change, vary, mutate, exchange, abandon”). Doublet of mute and mutate. The unetymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- as in fault and vault; compare solder, which in contrast has an etymological ⟨l⟩ (from Latin solidāre, “to make solid“) but was historically pronounced without that grapheme's sound.
noun moults · molt
verb moults · moulting · moulted · molt
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To undergo the process of shedding or losing a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replacing it with a fresh one; to change by moulting.
Birds moult periodically.
Similar: shed
- To shed in such a manner. Turtle-droves […] moulted their feathers.
Moult²
proper noun Moults
- A surname.
Translations
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noun process
| Español | muda, mudamiento (disused) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 허물을 벗다 heomureul beotda |
| 日本語 | 抜け替わり nukekawari |
| 中文 | 換毛 /换毛 huànmáo, 換羽 /换羽 huànyǔ, 退毛 tuìmáo |
| Português | muda |
| Français | mue |
| Deutsch | Mauser, Häutung |
| Italiano | muta, muda |
| Română | năpârlire |
| Русский | ли́нька línʹka |
verb to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
| Español | pelechar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 抜け替わる nukekawaru, 生え変わる haekawaru |
| 中文 | 換毛 /换毛 huànmáo, 換羽 /换羽 huànyǔ, 蛻皮 /蜕皮 tuìpí |
| Português | mudar |
| Français | muer, dumer |
| Deutsch | (sich) mausern feathers, (sich) häuten skin |
| Italiano | mutare, fare la muta |
| Română | năpârli |
| Русский | линя́ть linjátʹ |
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title = {moult},
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