mout

See also: MOUT and moût

English

Verb

mout

Pronunciation spelling of might corresponding to US regional dialect.
- 1858, Harper's Weekly‎:
  He was quickly silenced, however, by a burly individual, who "reckoned that it mout be jist as well for the stranger to keep his clam-shell shut."

Anagrams

Motu, Muto, motu, toum

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch malt, mout, from Old Dutch malt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą.

Cognate with Limburgish maajt, Old Saxon malt, Middle Low German malt, German Low German Molt, Old Frisian malt, Saterland Frisian Moalt, Old English mealt, Middle English malt, English malt, Scots maut, Yola mault, Old High German malz, Middle High German malz, German Malz, Luxembourgish Malz, Kölsch Malz, Old Norse malt, Icelandic malt, Faroese malt, Norwegian Bokmål malt, Swedish malt, Danish malt, Gutnish malt.

More distantly related to Old Prussian maldai, Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ), Russian молодой (molodoj), Czech mladý, Polish młody, Latin mollis, Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu), Armenian մեղկ (mełk).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑu̯t/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: mout
Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
Homophone: Maud

Noun

mout m (uncountable)

malt

Derived terms

-general:

havermout
moutazijn
moutbak
moutbeslag
moutbier
moutbloem
moutdrank
mouteest
mouterij
moutextract
moutig
moutkuip
moutmeel
moutmolen
moutschep
moutschroot
moutstroop
moutsuiker
moutvloer
moutwijn
moutzolder

-types of malt

ambermout
broeimout
chocolademout
gerstemout
glasmout
groenmout
karamelmout
kristalmout
pilsmout
rijstmout
roggemout
rookmout
tarwemout
turfmout
windmout
zuurmout
zwartmout

Related terms

malt

Descendants

→ West Frisian: mout

French

Noun

mout m (plural mouts)

post-1990 spelling of moût

Old French

Adverb

mout

Alternative form of molt
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Mout avoit changiee sa vie
  Much has it changed his life