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
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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
- Made from a melted substance.
- Glowing red-hot.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)