different between milt vs wilt

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

• IPA^(key): /w?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Etymology 1

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).

Verb

wilt (third-person singular simple present wilts, present participle wilting, simple past and past participle wilted)

1. (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
2. (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength.
3. (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
4. (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

Translations

Noun

wilt (countable and uncountable, plural wilts)

1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. (phytopathology) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

wilt

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of will
   • 1952, Bible (Revised Standard Version), Psalms 17:3

     If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.

Anagrams

• IWLT

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt
• IPA^(key): /??lt/
• Homophone: wild

Verb

wilt

1. second-person singular present indicative of willen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of willen

Middle Dutch

Verb

wilt

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