bult

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • bilt, belt, bolt (obsolete or dialectal, surviving in placenames and compounds)

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ʏlt
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Noun

bult m (plural bulten, diminutive bultje n)

  1. bump (on an otherwise flat or even surface)
  2. hump

Derived terms

Anagrams

Karakalpak

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bulït, compare Turkish bulut, Yakut пылыт (pılıt).

Noun

bult

  1. cloud

Swedish
bult

Noun

bult c

  1. bolt (metal fastener)

Declension
Declension of bult 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bult bulten bultar bultarna
Genitive bults bultens bultars bultarnas

West Frisian

Etymology

Noun

bult c (plural bulten, diminutive bultsje)

  1. pile, heap
  2. (by extension) large amount
  3. bump (on the skin)
  4. bump, hump (raised area)

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • “bult”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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