smoltとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /smoʊlt/, /smɒlt/

• 韻: -oʊlt, -ɒlt

語源 1

From Middle English smolt, smylt, from 古期英語 smolt, smeolt (“mild, peaceful, serene, still, gentle, clear, bright”), from Proto-Germanic *smultaz, *smeltaz (“quiet, gentle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, make weak”). Cognate with Scots smolt (“calm”), Old Saxon smultro (“quiet”), Middle Dutch smolt, smout (“weak, gentle, quiet”), Middle High German smolz (“dear, lovely, beautiful, sheen”).

形容詞

smolt (comparative more smolt, superlative most smolt)

1. (UK dialectal) Bright; serene.
2. (UK dialectal, of weather) Calm; fine; fair.
3. (UK dialectal) Smooth and shining.

語源 2

Probably an alteration of smelt, due to smolt (“smooth”). See above.

名詞

smolt (複数形 smolts)

1. A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.