smolt

== English == === Etymology === Probably an alteration of smelt, due to smolt (“smooth”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /smɒlt/, /sməʊlt/ (US) IPA(key): /smoʊlt/ Rhymes: -əʊlt, -ɒlt === Noun === smolt (plural smolts) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color. ==== Derived terms ==== presmolt, smoltification ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === molts == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === smolt singular past indicative of smelten == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === smolt m (plural smolts) smolt (salmon) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From English smolt. ==== Noun ==== smolt m (definite singular smolten, indefinite plural smoltar, definite plural smoltane) a smolt (young salmon) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== smolt n (definite singular smoltet, indefinite plural smolt, definite plural smolta) (pre-2012) alternative form of smult === References === “smolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /smolt/, [smoɫt] === Adjective === smolt serene, quiet, peaceful === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “smolt”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.