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molten en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈməʊltən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmoʊltən/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɒltən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English molten, from Old English molten, ġemolten (“melted, molten”), from Proto-Germanic *multanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *meltaną (“to melt”). Cognate with Scots moltin, Swedish multen.

Meanings

  1. Melted, especially due to great heat
    • Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core. 2023 December 27, Mindy Weisberger, “Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field”, in CNN:
    • molten metal, wax, rock
  2. Made from a melted substance.
  3. Glowing red-hot.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most molten Degree=Sup lexicographic
more molten Degree=Cmp lexicographic
ymolten alternative, archaic, poetic lexicographic

Deriveds

moltenly · nonmolten · remolten · molten chocolate cake · semimolten · unmolten · molten lava cake · molten plastic · premolten

Translations (23)

pl stopiony (melted) · bg разтопен (melted) · es derretido (melted) · es incandescente (glowing red-hot) · fi sula (melted) · izh sula (melted) · kw teudh (melted) · fr incandescent (glowing red-hot) · ro topit (melted) · ru распла́вленный (melted) · it incandescente (glowing red-hot) · it liquefatto (melted) · nrf fondu (melted) · sv smält (melted) · la fūsilis (melted) · pt derretido (melted) · bg отлят (made from molten substance) · it fuso (melted) · fr fondu (melted) · de geschmolzen (melted) · bg лят (made from molten substance) · el αναλυτός (melted) · nl gesmolten (melted)

molten en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈməʊltən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmoʊltən/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmɒltən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English molten, from Old English molten, ġemolten (“melted, molten”), from Proto-Germanic *multanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *meltaną (“to melt”). Cognate with Scots moltin, Swedish multen.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, form-of, participle, past) past participle of melt
    form of melt

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ymolten alternative, archaic, poetic lexicographic

Relateds

plastic