molten

See also: Mölten

English

Alternative forms

(archaic, poetic) ymolten

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.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒltən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊltən/
Audio (UK) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊltən/
Rhymes: -əʊltən
Rhymes: -oʊltən

Adjective

molten (comparative more molten, superlative most molten)

Melted.
molten metal

molten wax

molten rock
Made from a melted substance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Glowing red-hot.

Derived terms

moltenly
molten plastic

Translations

melted

Bulgarian: разтопен (bg) (raztopen)
Cornish: teudh
Dutch: gesmolten (nl)
Finnish: sula (fi)
French: fondu (fr) m
German: geschmolzen (de)
Greek: αναλυτός (el) (analytós)
Ingrian: sula
Italian: fuso (it), liquefatto (it)
Latin: fūsilis
Norman: fondu
Polish: stopiony m
Portuguese: derretido m
Romanian: topit (ro)
Russian: распла́вленный (ru) m (rasplávlennyj)
Spanish: derretido (es)
Swedish: smält (sv)

made from molten substance

Bulgarian: лят (bg) (ljat), отлят (otljat)

glowing red-hot

Verb

molten

(archaic) past participle of melt

See also

plastic

Anagrams

Elmton, Melton, loment, melton, tolmen

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