different between milt vs mixt

English

Etymology

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-Germanic *melt? (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

milt (plural milts)

1. The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
   • 1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:

     Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.

2. The semen of a male fish.

Synonyms

• (spleen): spleen; lien (uncommon)
• (fish semen): soft roe, white roe

Derived terms

Related terms

• miltsiekte
• miltz

Translations

Verb

milt (third-person singular simple present milts, present participle milting, simple past and past participle milted)

1. (transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse milti.

Noun

milt c (singular definite milten, plural indefinite milte)

1. spleen

Declension

References

• “milt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch milte, from Old Dutch *milta, from Proto-Germanic *melt?.

Noun

milt f (plural milten, diminutive miltje n)

1. spleen

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Etymology 1

From Old Norse milti, Proto-Germanic *miltij?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

milt n (genitive singular milts, plural milt)

1. spleen

Inflection

Synonyms

• milti

Etymology 2

From the adjective mildur.

Adjective

milt

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of mildur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Adjective

milt

1. strong neuter singular nominative of mildur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse milti.

Noun

milt m (definite singular milten, indefinite plural milter, definite plural miltene)

1. spleen (organ)

Derived terms

• miltbrann

References

• “milt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• milte

Etymology

From Old Norse milti.

Noun

milt m or n (definite singular milten or miltet, indefinite plural miltar or milt, definite plural miltane or milta)

1. spleen (organ)

Derived terms

• miltbrann

References

• “milt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

milt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of mild.

Adverb

milt (comparative mildare, superlative mildast)

1. gently, mildly; blandly

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kst

Verb

mixt

1. simple past tense and past participle of mix; archaic spelling of mixed.

Adjective

mixt (comparative more mixt, superlative most mixt)

1. Archaic spelling of mixed.

Anagrams

• xmit

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mikst/

Adjective

mixt (feminine mixta, masculine plural mixts or mixtos, feminine plural mixtes)

1. mixed

German

Pronunciation

Verb

mixt

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French mixte, from Latin mixtus.

Adjective

mixt m or n (feminine singular mixt?, masculine plural mix?i, feminine and neuter plural mixte)

1. mixed

Declension