malt

Etymology

From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; squashy; melting”), from Proto-Indo-European *meld-, *mled- (“to crush; grind; make weak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moalt (“malt”), Dutch mout (“malt”), German Malz (“malt”), Swedish malt (“malt”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “tender; young”), Russian молодой (molodoj, “young; fresh; new”). The Proto-Germanic noun was borrowed into Proto-Slavic as *malta; compare Ukrainian молот (mólot), Czech mláto. More at melt.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑlt/, /mɔlt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːlt

Noun

malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts)

1. Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
2. Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
   • 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, LXII:

     Oh many a peer of England brews

     Livelier liquor than the Muse,

     And malt does more than Milton can

     To justify God's ways to man.

3. (US) Short for "malted milkshake", a milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
4. Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.

Verb

malt (third-person singular simple present malts, present participle malting, simple past and past participle malted)

1. To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.

Anagrams

• MLAT, MLat, Mat'l, matl

Verb

malt

1. past participle of male

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑlt

Noun

malt m, n (plural malts, diminutive maltje n)

1. (especially in diminutive) malt beer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːlt/

Verb

malt

1. Third-person singular present of malen.
2. Second-person plural present of malen.
3. Imperative plural of malen.

Verb

malt tr., 1st conj., pres. maļu, mal, maļ, past malu

1. to grind
2. to mill
3. to mince
4. to purr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse malt

Etymology 2

References

• “malt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse malt

Noun

malt n (definite singular maltet)

1. malt (grain prepared for brewing and distilling)

References

• “malt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

malt n

1. malt

Verb

malt

1. supine of mala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malt]

Noun

malt (definite accusative maltı, plural maltlar)

1. malt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malt]

Noun

malt (plural malts)

1. malt (malted grain)