milt

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable) The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
2. (countable, uncountable) The semen of a male fish.
3. (countable, uncountable) The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.

Verb

To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.

Concepts

laitance

rate

laite

Synonymes

spleen

soft roe

fish semen

lien

liver

roe

lieno

spleno

fertilize

splenic organ

impregnate

inseminate

Traductions

lecha

milt

bazo

Milch

🥛

Milz

baço

Fischmilch

σπλήνα

melsa

طحال

lien

milza

hom

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mɪlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: milte

Hérité de ancien anglais: milte

Appartenant à allemand: Milz

Appartenant à néerlandais: milt

Appartenant à danois: milt

Appartenant à norvégien: milt

Appartenant à suédois: mjälte

In summary

From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.