milt
English
Etymology
From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪlt/
- Rhymes: -ɪlt
Noun
milt (plural milts)
- The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt, another in the braine […].
- 1983, Robert Nye, The Facts of Life:
- Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.
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- Fish semen.
Derived terms
Related terms
- miltsiekte
- miltz
Translations
Verb
milt (third-person singular simple present milts, present participle milting, simple past and past participle milted)
- (transitive) To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
Translations
Danish
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch milte, from Old Dutch *milta, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ.
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪl̥t/
- Rhymes: -ɪl̥t
Etymology 1
From Old Norse milti, Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).
Inflection
Declension of milt | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | milt | miltið | milt | miltini |
accusative | milt | miltið | milt | miltini |
dative | milti | miltinum | miltum | miltunum |
genitive | milts | miltsins | milta | miltanna |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From the adjective mildur.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪl̥t/
- Rhymes: -ɪl̥t
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
milt m (definite singular milten, indefinite plural milter, definite plural miltene)
- spleen (organ)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
milt m or n (definite singular milten or miltet, indefinite plural miltar or milt, definite plural miltane or milta)
- spleen (organ)