smolt

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “smolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smoʊlt/, /smɒlt/

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• Rhymes: -oʊlt, -ɒlt

Etymology 1

From Middle English smolt, smylt, from Old English smolt, smeolt (“mild, peaceful, serene, still, gentle, clear, bright”), from Proto-Germanic *smultaz, *smeltaz (“quiet, gentle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, make weak”). Cognate with Scots smolt (“calm”), Old Saxon smulto (“calmly”), Middle Dutch smolt, smout (“weak, gentle, quiet”), Middle High German smolz (“dear, lovely, beautiful, sheen”).

Adjective

smolt (comparative more smolt, superlative most smolt)

1. (UK dialectal) Bright; serene.
2. (UK dialectal, of weather) Calm; fine; fair.
3. (UK dialectal) Smooth and shining.

Etymology 2

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

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
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Anagrams

• molts

Dutch

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Verb

smolt

1. singular past indicative of smelten

French

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.