malt

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“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 младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian мо́лот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /mɒlt/, /mɔːlt/ (US) IPA(key): /mɔlt/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /mɑlt/ Rhymes: -ɒlt, -ɔːlt === Noun === malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts) Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise. Malt liquor, especially malt whisky. (US, informal) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor. Synonym: malted Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === malt (third-person singular simple present malts, present participle malting, simple past and past participle malted) (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. (intransitive) To become malt. (intransitive, dated, humorous) To drink malt liquor. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === MLAT, Mat'l, matl == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from English malt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ˈmal] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmalt] === Noun === malt m (plural malts) malt ==== Derived terms ==== maltar === Further reading === “malt”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Danish == === Verb === malt past participle of male == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɑlt === Noun === malt m or n (plural malts, diminutive maltje n) (especially in diminutive) malt beer == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English malt. === Noun === malt m (plural malts) malt ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: malt === Further reading === “malt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maːlt/ === Verb === malt inflection of malen: third-person singular present second-person plural present plural imperative == Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mélˀtei. See also Proto-Slavic *moldъ. === Verb === malt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present maļu, mal, maļ, past malu) to grind to mill to mince to purr ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === malte, maltt, mault, maulte === Etymology === From Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /malt/, (later) /mau̯lt/ === Noun === malt (uncountable) malt (malted grain) ==== Derived terms ==== maltestere ==== Descendants ==== English: malt Scots: maut 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) malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== malt past participle of male === References === “malt” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse malt. === Noun === malt n (definite singular maltet) malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling) === References === “malt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɑlt/, [mɑɫt] === Noun === malt n alternative form of mealt == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą. === Noun === malt c or n malt ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== maltig === Verb === malt supine of mala === Anagrams === lamt == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish مالت (malt), from French malt, itself borrowed from English malt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [malt] === Noun === malt (definite accusative maltı, plural maltlar) malt [from 19th c.] ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “malt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük == Volapük == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [malt] === Noun === malt (genitive malta, plural malts) malt (malted grain) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== malet (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== bir humul === Further reading === “malt”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)