English
mould
see also: Mould
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /moʊld/
  • (RP) IPA: /məʊld/
Etymology 1

Via Middle English molde and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.

Noun

mould

  1. Standard spelling of mold
Verb

mould (moulds, present participle moulding; simple past and past participle moulded)

  1. Standard spelling of mold
Etymology 2

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen ("to grow mouldy"), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz ("soft substance") (compare Old Norse myki, mykr ("cow dung")), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk-.

Noun

mould

  1. Alternative spelling of mold
Verb

mould (moulds, present participle moulding; simple past and past participle moulded)

  1. Alternative spelling of mold
Etymology 3

From Old English molde.

Noun

mould (plural moulds)

  1. Alternative spelling of mold
Noun

mould (plural moulds)

Mould
Etymology

English surname, from the Middle English - personal name Mauld, reduced from Anglo-Norman Mathilde, a form of the name Matilda.

Proper noun
  1. Surname.


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