wilt

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
2. (intransitive) To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
3. (transitive) To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
4. (transitive) To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.

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Concepts

flétrir

se faner

faner

sécher

se dégonfler

se flétrir

devenir sec

s’étioler

dépérir

s’évanouir

diminuer

languir

Synonymes

wither

fade

shrivel

droop

dry out

languish

dry

wizen

wilt disease

wilting

shrink

wrinkle

dry up

weak

wither away

fatigue

waste

blight

grow weak

deteriorate

flag

wilted

faint

frazzle

jade

macerate

outwear

pine

rob

run down

run out

sag

slump

smash

tire

addle

wear

wear down

wear out

weary

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wipe

withered

be weakened

get exhausted

lose flesh

lose strength

poop out

shrivel up

dry and shriveled

consume away

Traductions

welken

marchitarse

marchitar

μαραίνομαι

verwelken

murchar

appassire

arrugarse

verwelken

μαραίνω

solmak

avvizzire

deperire

morire

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɪlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: irwelhen

Hérité de moyen anglais: wilt

Hérité de ancien anglais: wilt

Appartenant à néerlandais: wilt

Appartenant à allemand: willt

In summary

Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).