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From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh2- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h2téh2 Proto-Germanic *muldō Proto-West Germanic *moldu Old English molde Middle English molde English mold From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h2-téh2 (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay").

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdhṓ Proto-Germanic *muldô Proto-West Germanic *moldō Old English molda Middle English molde English mold From Middle English molde (“top of the head”), from Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Germanic *muldô, from a Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdhṓ, parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán).

327 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Welsh: Yr Wyddgrug — county town of Flintshire, Wales
• Arabic: قَالِب (qālib) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Armenian: կաղապար (kaġapar) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Bashkir: ҡалып (qalıp) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Bulgarian: калъп (kalǎp) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Catalan: motlle — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Catalan: motle — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 模具 (mújù) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Czech: forma — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Dutch: vorm — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Dutch: gietvorm — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Dutch: mal — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Esperanto: matrico — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Faroese: stoypiformur — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Finnish: muotti — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Finnish: valumuotti — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• French: moule — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Galician: molde — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Galician: forma — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• German: Form — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• German: Gussform — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Greek: καλούπι (kaloúpi) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Ancient Greek: πλάθανον (pláthanon) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Haitian Creole: moul — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Hungarian: forma — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Hungarian: öntőforma — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Hungarian: öntőminta — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Irish: múnla — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Italian: stampo — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Italian: calco — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Korean: 틀 (teul) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Macedonian: калап (kalap) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Māori: hangarewa kōaro — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Middle English: molde — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Norwegian Bokmål: støpeform — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stoypeform — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Occitan: mòtle — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Persian: کالب (kâlob) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Persian: قالب (qâleb) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Polish: forma — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Portuguese: molde — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Russian: литейная фо́рма (litejnaja fórma) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Spanish: molde — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Spanish: troquel — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Spanish: pascón — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Spanish: pazcón — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Swahili: kalibu — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Swedish: gjutform — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Thai: แม่พิมพ์ (mɛ̂ɛ-pim) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Thai: แม่แบบ (mɛ̂ɛ-bɛ̀ɛp) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Thai: เบ้าหล่อ (bâo-lɔ̀ɔ) — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Turkish: kalıp — hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance
• Bashkir: ҡалып (qalıp) — frame or model
• Bulgarian: шаблон (šablon) — frame or model
• Chinese Mandarin: 模型 (móxíng) — frame or model
• Esperanto: muldilo — frame or model
• Finnish: muotti — frame or model
• Galician: forma — frame or model
• Galician: molde — frame or model
• Galician: molde — frame or model
• German: Rahmen — frame or model
• German: Gestell — frame or model
• German: Modell — frame or model
• German: Figur — frame or model
• German: Spannrahmen — frame or model
• Hungarian: minta — frame or model
• Kalmyk: кев (kev) — frame or model
• Māori: tōpuku — frame or model
• Middle English: molde — frame or model
• Spanish: molde — frame or model
• Spanish: modelo — frame or model
• Finnish: valos — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• German: Gußstück — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Hungarian: öntvény — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Hungarian: lenyomat — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Italian: timballo — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Polish: odlew — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Spanish: copia — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Spanish: reproducción — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Spanish: moldura — something that is made in or shaped on a mold
• Finnish: muoto — shape or pattern of a mold
• Galician: forma — shape or pattern of a mold
• German: Form — shape or pattern of a mold
• Hungarian: forma — shape or pattern of a mold
• Hungarian: minta — shape or pattern of a mold
• Spanish: forma — shape or pattern of a mold
• Spanish: patrón — shape or pattern of a mold
• Spanish: moldura — shape or pattern of a mold
• Bulgarian: форма (forma) — general shape or form
• Finnish: muoto — general shape or form
• Finnish: olemus — general shape or form
• Finnish: piirteet — general shape or form
• German: Form — general shape or form
• German: Umriß — general shape or form
• German: Gestalt — general shape or form
• Hungarian: forma — general shape or form
• Hungarian: alak — general shape or form
• Spanish: forma — general shape or form
• Spanish: patrón — general shape or form
• Bulgarian: характер (harakter) — distinctive character or type
• Finnish: muotti — distinctive character or type
• German: Typ — distinctive character or type
• German: Type — distinctive character or type
• German: Gestalt — distinctive character or type
• Hungarian: jellem — distinctive character or type
• Hungarian: típus — distinctive character or type
• Afrikaans: muf — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Afrikaans: skimmel — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Albanian: myk — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Arabic: تَعَفُّن (taʕaffun) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Arabic: عُفُونَة (ʕufūna) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Arabic: عَفَن (ʕafan) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Arabic: عفن (ʕəfən) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Armenian: բորբոս (borbos) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Azerbaijani: kif — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Bashkir: үңәҙ (üñəź) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Bashkir: күк (kük) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Basque: lizun — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Belarusian: цвіль (cvilʹ) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Belarusian: пле́сня (pljésnja) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Belarusian: бро́сня (brósnja) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Breton: loued — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Bulgarian: пле́сен (plésen) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Burmese: မှို (hmui) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Catalan: floridura — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Chinese Cantonese: 毛菌 — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Chinese Cantonese: 毛 — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Chinese Mandarin: 霉菌 (méijūn) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Chinese Mandarin: 霉 (méi) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Chuvash: шӑрка (šărk̬a) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Czech: plíseň — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Danish: mug — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Dutch: schimmel — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Dutch: meeldauw — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Esperanto: ŝimo — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Estonian: hallitus — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Faroese: hýggj — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Finnish: home — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• French: moisissure f moisi — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• French: mildiou — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Galician: balor — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Galician: mofo — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Georgian: ობი (obi) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Georgian: ობის სოკო (obis soḳo) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• German: Schimmel — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• German: Mehltau — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Greek: μούχλα (moúchla) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Ancient Greek: εὐρώς (eurṓs) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Hanunoo: amling — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Hebrew: טַחַב (takhav) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Hebrew: עֹבֶשׁ (ovesh) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Hindi: फफूंदी (phaphūndī) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Hungarian: penész — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Icelandic: mygla — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Indonesian: kapang — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Irish: múscán — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Irish: snas — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Italian: muffa — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Japanese: 黴 (kabi) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Kapampangan: kulapu — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Kazakh: зай (zai) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Kazakh: зең (zeñ) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Khmer: ផ្សិត (phsət) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Korean: 곰팡이 (gompang'i) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Central Kurdish: کەڕوو (kerrû) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Laki: کەڕە (kerre) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Southern Kurdish: کەڕِگ (kerrig) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Kyrgyz: көк дат (kök dat) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Lao: ໂຫມະ (mo) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Lao: ຫມ້ຽງ (mīang) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Latin: mūcor — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Latvian: pelējums — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Lithuanian: miltligė — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Lithuanian: pelėsiai — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Lü: ᦣᦱ (haa) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Macedonian: му́вла (múvla) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Malay: kulapuk — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Brunei Malay: kulat — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Malayalam: പൂപ്പൽ (pūppal) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Māori: pūhekaheka — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Māori: pōhekaheka — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Māori: hekaheka — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Māori: kāhekaheka — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Māori: hōpurupuru — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Māori: puruhekaheka — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Mongolian: хөгц (xögc) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Muna: fuu — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Old English: fyne — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Persian: کپک (kapak) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Persian: پسکه (poska) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Polish: pleśń — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Portuguese: mofo — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Portuguese: bolor — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Romanian: mucegai — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Russian: пле́сень (plésenʹ) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Russian: ми́лдью (míldʹju) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Serbo-Croatian: плесан — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Serbo-Croatian: плијесан — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Serbo-Croatian: буђ — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Serbo-Croatian: plesan — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Serbo-Croatian: plijesan — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Serbo-Croatian: buđ — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Slovak: pleseň — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Slovene: plesen — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Lower Sorbian: plěseń — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Lower Sorbian: šere — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Upper Sorbian: plěseń — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Upper Sorbian: plěsniwizna — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Spanish: moho — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Spanish: mufa — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Sranan Tongo: buku — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Swahili: kuvu — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Swedish: mögel — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tagalog: amag — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tagalog: apaya — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tai Nüa: ᥛᥩᥐᥱ (mǒak) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tajik: мағор (maġor) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tajik: пӯпанак (püpanak) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tajik: карра (karra) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tamil: பூஞ்சை (pūñcai) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tausug: bagu'bu' — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tausug: kapu-kapu — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Thai: รา (raa) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Tibetan: ཧམ་འབུ (ham 'bu) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Turkish: küf — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Ottoman Turkish: كوف (küf) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Ukrainian: плі́снява (plísnjava) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Ukrainian: цвіль (cvilʹ) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Ukrainian: плі́сень (plísenʹ) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Unami: ahkokolët — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Uzbek: mogʻor — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Uzbek: poʻpanak — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Vietnamese: mốc — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Vilamovian: siymuł — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Welsh: llwydni — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Yiddish: שימל (shiml) — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Zhuang: moengj — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Zhuang: mwt — furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi
• Bulgarian: рохкава почва (rohkava počva) — loose friable soil
• Finnish: multa — loose friable soil
• Georgian: ნეშომპალა (nešomṗala) — loose friable soil
• Georgian: ჰუმუსი (humusi) — loose friable soil
• Georgian: გაფხვიერებული მიწა (gapxvierebuli mic̣a) — loose friable soil
• Hungarian: televény — loose friable soil
• Hungarian: televényföld — loose friable soil
• Ingrian: multa — loose friable soil
• Latin: humus — loose friable soil
• Middle English: molde — loose friable soil
• Spanish: tierra blanda — loose friable soil
• Arabic: سَنَّ (sanna) — To shape in or on a mold
• Armenian: ձուլել (julel) — To shape in or on a mold
• Assamese: গঢ়া (gorha) — To shape in or on a mold
• Bulgarian: формовам (formovam) — To shape in or on a mold
• Catalan: emmotllar — To shape in or on a mold
• Catalan: modelar — To shape in or on a mold
• Czech: tvářet — To shape in or on a mold
• Dutch: vormen — To shape in or on a mold
• Esperanto: muldi — To shape in or on a mold
• Finnish: muotoilla — To shape in or on a mold
• German: modellieren — To shape in or on a mold
• German: modulieren — To shape in or on a mold
• German: formen — To shape in or on a mold
• German: gießen — To shape in or on a mold
• Ancient Greek: πλάσσω (plássō) — To shape in or on a mold
• Haitian Creole: moule — To shape in or on a mold
• Hungarian: formál — To shape in or on a mold
• Hungarian: alakít — To shape in or on a mold
• Hungarian: mintáz — To shape in or on a mold
• Italian: modellare — To shape in or on a mold
• Italian: dare la forma — To shape in or on a mold
• Mongolian: цутгах (cutgax) — To shape in or on a mold
• Polish: kształtować — To shape in or on a mold
• Polish: modelować — To shape in or on a mold
• Polish: formować — To shape in or on a mold
• Portuguese: moldar — To shape in or on a mold
• Portuguese: modelar — To shape in or on a mold
• Russian: формова́ть (formovátʹ) — To shape in or on a mold
• Spanish: moldear — To shape in or on a mold
• Spanish: moldar — To shape in or on a mold
• Spanish: ahormar — To shape in or on a mold
• Spanish: amoldar — To shape in or on a mold
• Bulgarian: оформям (oformjam) — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Dutch: vormgeven — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Finnish: muotoilla — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Finnish: muokata — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• German: Form geben — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• German: modellieren — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• German: formieren — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• German: formen — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (digan) — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Ancient Greek: πλάσσω (plássō) — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Hungarian: megmintáz — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Hungarian: megformál — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Hungarian: kialakít — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Latin: fingō — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Portuguese: modelar — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Russian: лепи́ть (lepítʹ) — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Russian: формирова́ть (formirovátʹ) — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Tocharian B: tsik- — To form into a particular shape; to give shape to
• Dutch: de vorm aannemen van — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Finnish: muotoutua — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Finnish: muokkautua — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• German: geformt werden — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• German: sich anpassen an — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Hungarian: alakul — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Hungarian: idomul — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Hungarian: igazodik — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Hungarian: rásimul — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Polish: odlewać — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Portuguese: moldar-se a — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Spanish: amoldarse — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• Spanish: ahormarse — To be shaped in or as if in a mold
• German: 1. verschimmeln lassen — transitive
• German: 2. verschimmeln — transitive
• Spanish: mohecer — transitive
• Spanish: enmohecer — transitive
• Spanish: amohecer — transitive
• German: verschimmeln lassen — intransitive
• Spanish: florecerse — intransitive
• Spanish: escalfecerse — intransitive
• Spanish: mohosearse — intransitive
• Spanish: mohecerse — intransitive
• Spanish: enmohecer — intransitive
• Spanish: enmohecerse — intransitive
• Spanish: amohecer — intransitive
• Spanish: amohecerse — intransitive
• Spanish: amohosarse — intransitive