adj
Meaning 1
Melted, especially due to great heat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- molten metal, wax, rock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
molten
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmɒltən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈməʊltən/
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General-American: /ˈmoʊltən/
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adj
Meaning 2
Made from a melted substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Glowing red-hot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
past participle of melt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
reduced to liquid form by heating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a mass of molten rock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: liquefied, liquified
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разтопен (raztopen) — melted
- Cornish: teudh — melted
- Dutch: gesmolten — melted
- Finnish: sula — melted
- French: fondu — melted
- German: geschmolzen — melted
- Greek: αναλυτός (analytós) — melted
- Ingrian: sula — melted
- Italian: fuso — melted
- Italian: liquefatto — melted
- Latin: fūsilis — melted
- Norman: fondu — melted
- Polish: stopiony — melted
- Portuguese: derretido — melted
- Romanian: topit — melted
- Russian: распла́вленный (rasplávlennyj) — melted
- Spanish: derretido — melted
- Swedish: smält — melted
- Bulgarian: лят (ljat) — made from molten substance
- Bulgarian: отлят (otljat) — made from molten substance
- French: incandescent — glowing red-hot
- Italian: incandescente — glowing red-hot
- Spanish: incandescente — glowing red-hot