molde

== English == === Noun === molde (usually uncountable, plural moldes) Obsolete spelling of mold. === Anagrams === LModE, model == Basque == === Noun === molde manner == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔld(ə)/, /ˈmoːld(ə)/ === Etymology 1 === From Old English molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldu, from Proto-Germanic *muldō. ==== Alternative forms ==== mold, moold, moolde, moulde, mowlde mulde (Northern, Northwest Midland) ==== Noun ==== molde (uncountable) dirt (loose soil): ground (surface of the Earth) (figuratively) grave, deathbed The world, the planet (i.e., Earth) clay (mineral substance) (heraldry, rare) escutcheon ===== Derived terms ===== moldebred moldewarpe ===== Descendants ===== English: mold, mould, mool Middle Scots: muld, muild Scots: muild, moud ===== References ===== “mōld(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, form Proto-Germanic *muldô, from a Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan). ==== Alternative forms ==== mold, moold, moolde, mowlde ==== Noun ==== molde (plural moldes) The top or crown of the head. Synonym: coroune (mistakenly) The uvula (as remedies applied to the crown supposedly affected it) (anatomy, rare) The divide between the cranial bones. ===== Descendants ===== English: mold, mould ===== References ===== “mōld(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === From Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus. First attested in c. 1225. ==== Alternative forms ==== mold, moold, moolde, moulde mulde (Catholicon Anglicum) ==== Noun ==== molde (plural moldes) mold (cast, matrix) (figurative, rare) character, type ===== Derived terms ===== molden moldere moldynge ===== Descendants ===== English: mold, mould Middle Scots: muld, muild Scots: muild ===== References ===== “mōld(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== molde alternative form of molle (“mole”) === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== molde alternative form of mowlde === Etymology 6 === ==== Verb ==== molde alternative form of molden == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *muldō, from *mel- (“to grind”). Cognate with Old High German molta (dialectal German Molt), Old Norse mold (Swedish mull), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmol.de/, [ˈmoɫ.de] === Noun === molde f earth, soil the earth, world ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== græsmolde ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: moldeEnglish: mold, mould, moolMiddle Scots: muld, muildScots: muild, moud == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mol‧de === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Spanish molde. ==== Noun ==== molde m (plural moldes) mould, cast (by extension) model, example (typography) printing mould === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== molde inflection of moldar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “molde”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “molde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmolde/ [ˈmol̪.d̪e] Rhymes: -olde Syllabification: mol‧de === Etymology 1 === From Old Catalan motle, metathesized from Latin modulus. ==== Noun ==== molde m (plural moldes) mold, cast pan, tin (for baking) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== molde inflection of moldar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “molde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025