different between ould vs mould
ould
English
Alternative forms
- auld, oul', oul
Etymology
From old.
Pronunciation
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /a?ld/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /a?l/
Adjective
ould (comparative oulder, superlative ouldest)
- (slang, Ireland) old, aged, long-established
- "The Ould Lammas Fair takes place in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim on the last Monday and Tuesday in August. It's one of the oldest fairs in Ireland"
- "But, begonnies, in three months I was able to send home for the ouldest little girl--she was only nine years of age."
- "maybe they'd come round you to play wid you, an' then what's the harum, barrin' they're not any o' the grown brats, as ould or oulder than yourself, that you're behoulden to keep at a distance"
ould (not comparable)
- (slang, Ireland) term of denigration
- "Sonny'll tell you all about it, but pay no heed to him. He's only an ould goat anyway."
- (slang, Ireland) term of diminution (often affectionate)
- for home entertainment they then have to endure the bloody Afternoon Show on RTE, all that bullshit about cookery and clothes and celebrity gossip, when all they want is an ould song from Johnny McEvoy.
Usage notes
Used in spelling pronunciations of popular speech.
Synonyms
- old: See also Thesaurus:old
- term of denigration: old, stupid, piffling, bloody
- term of diminution: old, wee
Derived terms
- ould fella
- ould one
- Ould Sod
References
Anagrams
- Loud, Ludo, loud, ludo, ludo-
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mould
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /mo?ld/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology 1
Via Middle English molde, moulde and Old French molde, from Latin modulus.
Noun
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“hollow form or matrix”)
Translations
Verb
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to shape in a mould”)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *mugl?n?, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Noun
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”)
Translations
Verb
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”)
Translations
Etymology 3
From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic ???????????????????? (mulda).
Noun
mould (plural moulds)
- loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter
- (poetic) the earth
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