Scheldt

See also: scheldt

English

The Scheldt in Antwerp

Etymology

Derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *skala-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out, wither”).

Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish (obsolete) skäll, "thin".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛlt/, /skɛlt/
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Proper noun

Scheldt

1. A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
   • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 408:

     Perhaps as a child she watched for his ship coming up the Scheldt.

Translations

river

• Breton: Escaut
• Bulgarian: Шелда (Šelda)
• Catalan: Escalda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯海尔德河

• Chuvash: Шельда (Šelʹda)
• Czech: Šelda (cs)
• Danish: Schelde
• Dutch: Schelde (nl) f
• Esperanto: Skeldo, Sĥeldo
• Finnish: Schelde m
• French: Escaut (fr) m
• Galician: Río Escalda f
• German: Schelde (de) f
• Hebrew: סכלדה
• Hungarian: Schelde (hu)
• Italian: Schelda f
• Japanese: スヘルデ川
• Korean: 스헬더 강 (seuheldeo gang)
• Latin: Scaldis
• Luxembourgish: Escaut (lb)
• Norwegian: Schelde

  Nynorsk: Schelde

• Polish: Skalda (pl)
• Portuguese: Escalda m
• Romanian: Escaut
• Russian: Шельда (ru) (Šelʹda)
• Slovene: Šelda
• Spanish: Escalda m
• Swedish: Schelde
• Ukrainian: Шельда (Šelʹda)
• Walloon: Escô
• Welsh: Afon Schelde
• West Flemish: Schelde
• West Frisian: Skelde