molt

See also: mòlt

English

Etymology 1

Verb

molt (third-person singular simple present molts, present participle molting, simple past and past participle molted)

1. US standard spelling of moult.

Noun

molt (plural molts)

1. US standard spelling of moult.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “molt”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

Etymology 2

Verb

molt

1. (rare) simple past tense of melt

Anagrams

• LMTO

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin multus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmolt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmol/

Adjective

molt (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

1. much, many

   Synonym: força

   Antonym: poc

Derived terms

• com a molt
• de molt
• molta sort
• molt de gust
• moltíssim
• per molts anys

 

Adverb

molt

1. very

   Synonym: força

   Antonyms: gaire, gens, poc, una mica

Noun

molt m (uncountable)

1. a lot, a great deal, a large amount

   Antonyms: poc, una mica

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔlt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl/

Verb

molt m (feminine molta, masculine plural molts, feminine plural moltes)

1. (2016 spelling reform) Alternative spelling of mòlt (“ground”)

Further reading

• “molt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “molt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “molt” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish molt (“wether”), from Proto-Celtic *molto- (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-).

Noun

molt m (genitive singular moilt, nominative plural moilt)

1. wether
2. (figuratively) sulky, morose person

Declension

Declension of molt

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative molt moilt Vocative a mhoilt a mholta Genitive moilt molt Dative molt moilt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an molt na moilt Genitive an mhoilt na molt Dative leis an molt don mholt leis na moilt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
molt	mholt	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mult
• mout
• multe

• mot
• mut

Etymology

From Latin multum (adverb), neuter of multus.

Adjective

molt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular molte)

1. much; many; a lot of

   moltes batailles

   many battles

Declension

Declension of molt

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	molz	molte	molt
	Oblique	molt	molte	molt
Plural	Subject	molt	moltes	molt
	Oblique	molz	moltes	molt

Adverb

molt (invariable)

1. very, a lot, a great deal
   • 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:

     A Abevile ot un bouchier,
     Que si voison orent molt chier.

     In Abbeville there was a butcher,
     Held in high esteem by his neighbors.

Synonyms

• (adjective): maint
• (adverb): maint, biau cop

Descendants

• French: moult

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (molt)
• mut on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *moltos (“sheep”) (compare Welsh mollt, Gaulish *multon-, source of French mouton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mol͈t/

Noun

molt m (genitive muilt, nominative plural muilt)

1. ram, wether

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	molt	moltL	muiltL
Vocative	muilt	moltL	moltuH
Accusative	moltN	moltL	moltuH
Genitive	muiltL	molt	moltN
Dative	moltL	moltaib	moltaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• moltán
• moltrad

 

Descendants

• Irish: molt
• Manx: mohlt
• Scottish Gaelic: mult

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
molt also mmolt after a proclitic	molt pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “molt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

molt m

1. Alternative form of mult