molten

See also: Mölten

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic, poetic) ymolten

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒltən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊltən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊltən/
• Rhymes: -əʊltən, -oʊltən

Adjective

molten (comparative more molten, superlative most molten)

2. Melted, especially due to great heat

   molten metal, wax, rock

3. Made from a melted substance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. Glowing red-hot.

Usage notes

• In contemporary English, molten is no longer said of things that melt at comparatively low temperatures, as in molten ice. This is a fairly recent development, however.

Derived terms

• moltenly
• molten lava cake
• molten plastic
• semimolten

Translations

melted

• Bulgarian: разтопен (bg) (raztopen)
• Cornish: teudh
• Dutch: gesmolten (nl)
• Finnish: sula (fi)
• French: fondu (fr) m
• German: geschmolzen (de)
• Greek: αναλυτός (el) (analytós)
• Ingrian: sula
• Italian: fuso (it), liquefatto (it)
• Latin: fūsilis
• Norman: fondu
• Polish: stopiony m
• Portuguese: derretido (pt) m
• Romanian: topit (ro)
• Russian: распла́вленный (ru) m (rasplávlennyj)
• Spanish: derretido (es)
• Swedish: smält (sv)

made from molten substance

• Bulgarian: лят (bg) (ljat), отлят (otljat)

glowing red-hot

• French: incandescent (fr)
• Italian: incandescente (it)
• Spanish: incandescente (es)

Verb

molten

1. (archaic) past participle of melt

See also

• plastic

Anagrams

• Elmton, Melton, loment, melton, tolmen

Old English

Verb

molten

1. past participle of meltan