moult

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• General-American: /moʊlt/
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• UK: /mɒlt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /məʊlt/
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From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (cf. bemutian), from Latin mūtō, mūtāre. Doublet of mute and mutate. Un-etymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- (compare fault, vault and solder with correctly restored etymological ⟨l⟩).

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 換毛 /换毛 (huànmáo) — process
• Chinese Mandarin: 換羽 /换羽 (huànyǔ) — process
• Chinese Mandarin: 退毛 (tuìmáo) — process
• Czech: línání — process
• Czech: pelichání — process
• Czech: svlékání — process
• Czech: přepeření — process
• Dutch: rui — process
• Finnish: karvanlähtö — process
• Finnish: sulkasato — process
• Finnish: nahanluonti — process
• French: mue — process
• Galician: muda — process
• German: Mauser — process
• German: Häutung — process
• Hungarian: vedlés — process
• Hungarian: tollhullatás — process
• Indonesian: pergantian kulit — process
• Italian: muta — process
• Italian: muda — process
• Japanese: 抜け替わり (nukekawari) — process
• Kalmyk: хагз (xagz) — process
• Korean: 허물을 벗다 (heomureul beotda) — process
• Māori: turukitanga — process
• Portuguese: muda — process
• Romanian: năpârlire — process
• Russian: ли́нька (línʹka) — process
• Spanish: muda — process
• Spanish: mudamiento (disused) — process
• Swedish: ömsning — process
• Swedish: ruggning — process
• Czech: svlečka — skin or feathers cast off
• Finnish: luotu nahka — skin or feathers cast off
• French: mue — skin or feathers cast off
• Galician: muda — skin or feathers cast off
• Icelandic: hamskipti — skin or feathers cast off
• Icelandic: fjaðrafellir — skin or feathers cast off
• Japanese: 蛻 (monuke, nukegara) — skin or feathers cast off
• Malayalam: പടം (paṭaṁ) — skin or feathers cast off
• Southern Altai: тӱлеер (tüleer) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Azerbaijani: tüləmək — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Bulgarian: сменям си перата (smenjam si perata) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 換毛 /换毛 (huànmáo) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 換羽 /换羽 (huànyǔ) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛻皮 /蜕皮 (tuìpí) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Czech: línat — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Czech: pelichat — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Czech: přesrstit se — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Czech: přepeřit — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Czech: svlékat se — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Dutch: ruien — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Dutch: muiten — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Dutch: vervellen — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Dutch: verharen — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Finnish: luoda nahkansa — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Finnish: pudottaa höyhenensä — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• French: muer — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Galician: mudar — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Galician: esplumar — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• German: (sich) mausern (feathers) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• German: (sich) häuten (skin) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Hungarian: vedlik — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Icelandic: hleypa hömum — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Icelandic: fella fjaðrir — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Icelandic: fara úr hárum — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Italian: mutare — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Italian: fare la muta — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Japanese: 抜け替わる (nukekawaru) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Japanese: 生え変わる (haekawaru) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Māori: turuki — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Māori: whakamāunu — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: røyta — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Portuguese: mudar — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Romanian: năpârli — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Russian: линя́ть (linjátʹ) — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Slovene: leviti — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Spanish: pelechar — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Swedish: ömsa — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Swedish: rugga — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Turkish: tüy dökmek — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Turkish: deri değiştirmek — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Turkish: tülemek — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Turkish: gömlek değiştirmek — to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal
• Czech: svlékat (kůži, krunýř) — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Czech: shazovat (paroží, srst) — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• French: muer — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Spanish: mudar — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Spanish: perder — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Spanish: caérsele — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Spanish: desprender — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Spanish: echar — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Swedish: ömsa — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)
• Swedish: rugga — to shed in such a manner (transitive form)