spelt

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛlt/ Rhymes: -ɛlt === Etymology 1 === From Late Middle English spelde (past tense) and spelled, ispeled, ispelled (past participles). The past tense reflects an early Middle English syncopation of spellede, while the past participle remained largely disyllabic until the general Early Modern English reduction of the -ed suffix. In both cases, once the medial vowel was lost, the final alveolar stop underwent phonetic devoicing after the sonorant /l/, resulting in the modern -t spelling. Compare dwelt, felt, and smelt. By surface analysis, spell +‎ -t. ==== Alternative forms ==== spelled ==== Verb ==== spelt (chiefly UK) simple past and past participle of spell ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt (“spelt, corn”), from Old Saxon spelta (“spelt”); or from Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”); all from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”). ==== Noun ==== spelt (usually uncountable, plural spelts) A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon. Synonym: dinkel Hypernym: hulled wheat Coordinate terms: emmer, einkorn wheat ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Cornish: spelt → Irish: speilt → Welsh: sbelt ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Appendix:Grains === Etymology 3 === The noun is from Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt, connected with the verb. Compare speld and German Spelze (“husk”). The adjective is from Middle English spelt, probably a contraction of spelked, past participle of spelken (“to bruise (beans)”), itself of obscure origin. Compare Scots spilkings (“split peas”), the later verb, and perhaps also splet. The verb is probably from the adjective. Compare earlier spald, speld. ==== Noun ==== spelt (plural spelts) (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter. (metalworking) Spelter. ==== Adjective ==== spelt (not comparable) (obsolete, rare) Of dried beans: pounded, crushed, or split. ==== Verb ==== spelt (third-person singular simple present spelts, present participle spelting, simple past and past participle spelted) (transitive, obsolete) To grind or crush (grain or pulses). === References === “spelt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === References === spelt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Pelts, pelts, slept == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English spelt. === Noun === spelt (collective) spelt ==== Coordinate terms ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German spelte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɛlt/, [sb̥ɛlˀd̥] === Noun === spelt c (singular definite spelten, not used in plural form) spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta) === Further reading === spelt on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɛlt/ Hyphenation: spelt Rhymes: -ɛlt Homophone: speld === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch spelte, from Old Dutch *spelta, either from Frankish *spelta or Latin spelta, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz. ==== Noun ==== spelt f (uncountable, no diminutive) spelt (grain) ===== Derived terms ===== speltbrood speltmeel === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== spelt inflection of spellen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Participle === spelt past participle of spela == West Frisian == === Alternative forms === spjelt === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɛlt/ === Noun === spelt ? (plural [please provide]) spelt === References === “spelt”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011