malt
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English
Etymology
From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian мо́лот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.
Pronunciation
Noun
malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts)
- Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
- Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, section LXII:
- Oh many a peer of England brews
Livelier liquor than the Muse,
And malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man.
- (US, informal) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
- Synonym: malted
- 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 89:
- Afterward she sat in the drugstore sucking malt through a straw.
- Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
Derived terms
Translations
sprouted grain used in brewing
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malt liquor
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malted milkshake
maltose-rich sugar
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See also
Verb
malt (third-person singular simple present malts, present participle malting, simple past and past participle malted)
- (transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
- (intransitive) To become malt.
- (intransitive, dated, humorous) To drink malt liquor.
Translations
to convert grain into malt
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
malt m (plural malts)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “malt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Verb
malt
- past participle of male
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
malt m or n (plural malts, diminutive maltje n)
- (especially in diminutive) malt beer
French
Etymology
Noun
malt m (plural malts)
Descendants
- → Turkish: malt
Further reading
- “malt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Verb
malt
- inflection of malen:
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mélˀtei. See also Proto-Slavic *moldъ.
Verb
malt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present maļu, mal, maļ, past malu)
Conjugation
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
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Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
1st pers. sg. | es | maļu | malu | malšu | — |
2nd pers. sg. | tu | mal | mali | malsi | mal |
3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | maļ | mala | mals | lai maļ |
1st pers. pl. | mēs | maļam | malām | malsim | malsim |
2nd pers. pl. | jūs | maļat | malāt | malsiet, malsit |
maliet |
3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | maļ | mala | mals | lai maļ |
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
Present | maļot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | maļošs | ||
Past | esot malis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | maldams | ||
Future | malšot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | maļot | ||
Imperative | lai maļot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | maļam | ||
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | malis | |||
Present | maltu | Present Passive | maļams | ||
Past | būtu malis | Past Passive | malts | ||
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
Indicative | (būt) jāmaļ | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | malt | ||
Conjunctive 1 | esot jāmaļ | Negative Infinitive | nemalt | ||
Conjunctive 2 | jāmaļot | Verbal noun | malšana |
conjugation of malt
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą.
Pronunciation
Noun
malt (uncountable)
- malt (malted grain)
- c. 1375, “Book V”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß […] (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2), Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 17, verso, lines 408-410; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:
- All þe wictalis owtane ſalt / Als quheyt and flour ⁊ meill ⁊ malt / In þe wyne sellar geꝛt he bꝛyng […]
- All the food except for salt, / like wheat, flour, meal, and malt, / he went to put in the wine-cellar […]
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “malt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
malt n (definite singular maltet)
- malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)
Etymology 2
Verb
malt
- past participle of male
References
- “malt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
malt n (definite singular maltet)
- malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)
References
- “malt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą.
Noun
malt c or n
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | malt | malts |
definite | malten | maltens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | malt | malts |
definite | maltet | maltets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
Verb
malt
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مالت (malt), from French malt, itself borrowed from English malt.
Pronunciation
Noun
malt (definite accusative maltı, plural maltlar)
- malt [from 19th c.]
Declension
Further reading
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “malt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
malt (nominative plural malts)
Declension
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Synonyms
- malet (obsolete)
Derived terms
- hodamalt
- hodamaltel
- maltabir
- maltakaf
- maltan
- maltasetrat
- maltavin
- maltik
- maltisägüköm
- maltosin
- maltön (transitive verb)
See also
- bir
- humul
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