different between moult vs poult

English

Alternative forms

• molt (American)

Etymology

From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (cf. bemutian), from Latin m?t?, m?t?re. Doublet of mute.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo?lt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?lt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt

Noun

moult (plural moults)

1. The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin etc.

2. The skin or feathers cast off during the process of moulting.

   Synonym: exuvia

Translations

Verb

moult (third-person singular simple present moults, present participle moulting, simple past and past participle moulted)

1. (intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

   Synonyms: shed, slough

2. (transitive) To shed in such a manner.

Translations

See also

Further reading

• moulting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Middle French moult, from Old French molt, mout, mult, from Latin multus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml?tos (“crumbled, crumpled”, past passive participle). After having largely disappeared from standard spoken language, where it was replaced by beaucoup, the adjective form (pronounced /mult/) is now occasionally heard again.

Pronunciation

• (traditional) IPA^(key): /mu/
• (spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mult/, /mul/
• Homophones: mou, mous

Adjective

moult (feminine singular moulte, masculine plural moults, feminine plural moultes)

1. (formerly archaic or regional) many; a lot of

   Synonym: beaucoup

Adverb

moult

1. (archaic or regional) much; a lot

Usage notes

Used both as invariable and variable adjective:

References

Further reading

• “moult” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mulot

Middle French

Alternative forms

• mlt (manuscript abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old French molt, mout, from Latin multus.

Adverb

moult

1. much; a lot

Descendants

• French: moult

English

Etymology

From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?lt/, /p??lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt, -??lt

Noun

poult (plural poults)

1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). [from 14th c.]
   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 19:

     After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults.

Derived terms

• heath-poult

Related terms

• poultry

Translations

Anagrams

• Pluto, pluot, pluto, pluto-