molde

Noun

molde (usually uncountable, plural moldes)

1. Obsolete spelling of mold
   • 1567; Arthur Golding: Ovid's Metamorphoses, Bk. 1 Lines 724-5

     And could not finde hir any where, assuredly he thought

     She did not live above the molde, ne drewe the vitall breath:

Anagrams

• model

Noun

molde

1. manner

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *muldō, from *mel- (“to grind”). Cognate with Old High German molta (dialectal German Molt), Old Norse mold (Swedish mull), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolde/

Noun

molde f

1. earth, soil
2. the earth, world

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish molde.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mol‧de

Noun

molde m (plural moldes)

1. mould, cast
2. (by extension) model, example

   A escola foi o molde para toda a sua vida.

   School was a model for his whole life.

3. (typography) printing mould

Verb

molde

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of moldar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of moldar
3. first-person singular imperative of moldar
4. third-person singular imperative of moldar

Etymology

From Old Catalan motle, metathesized from Latin modulus.

Noun

molde m (plural moldes)

1. mold, cast
2. pan, tin (for baking)