different between malt vs rootbeer

English

Etymology

From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-Germanic *malt? (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic ????? (mlad?, “tender; young”), Russian ??????? (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian ?????? (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m?lt/, /m?lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt

Noun

malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts)

1. Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
2. Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
   • 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, LXII:

     Oh many a peer of England brews

     Livelier liquor than the Muse,

     And malt does more than Milton can

     To justify God's ways to man.

3. (US, informal) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.

   Synonym: malted

4. Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

malt (third-person singular simple present malts, present participle malting, simple past and past participle malted)

1. (transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
2. (intransitive) To become malt.
3. (intransitive, dated, humorous) To drink malt liquor.

Translations

Anagrams

• MLAT, Mat'l, matl

Danish

Verb

malt

1. past participle of male

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

malt m or n (plural malts, diminutive maltje n)

1. (especially in diminutive) malt beer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?lt/

Verb

malt

1. inflection of malen:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person plural present
   3. plural imperative

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”). See also Proto-Slavic *mold?.

Verb

malt (tr., 1st conj., pres. ma?u, mal, ma?, past malu)

1. to grind
2. to mill
3. to mince
4. to purr

Conjugation

Middle English

Alternative forms

• malte, mault, maulte

Etymology

From Old English mealt.

Noun

malt (uncountable)

1. grain

Descendants

• English: malt
• Yola: mault

References

• “malt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse malt

Noun

malt n (definite singular maltet)

1. malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)

Etymology 2

Verb

malt

1. past participle of male

References

• “malt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse malt

Noun

malt n (definite singular maltet)

1. malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)

References

• “malt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse malt, from Proto-Germanic *malt?.

Noun

malt n

1. malt

Verb

malt

1. supine of mala.

Anagrams

• lamt

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malt]

Noun

malt (definite accusative malt?, plural maltlar)

1. malt

Declension

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malt]

Noun

malt (nominative plural malts)

1. malt (malted grain)

Declension

Synonyms

• malet (obsolete)

Derived terms

See also

• bir
• humul

English

Noun

rootbeer (countable and uncountable, plural rootbeers)

1. Alternative spelling of root beer
   • 2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, pg. 26

     I just keep staring at all the ink we have, that wild variety of color, everything from rootbeer, midnight blue and cochineal to mauve, light doe, lilac, south sea green, maize, even pelican black, all line up in these plastic caps […]

Anagrams

• rebooter, roboteer