mould
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /moʊld/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məʊld/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊld
Etymology 1 edit
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
Noun edit
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
Translations edit
Verb edit
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), 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 edit
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”)
Translations edit
Verb edit
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”)
Translations edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).
Noun edit
mould (plural moulds)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”)
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Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
mould (plural moulds)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”)