mildew

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

Verb

1. (transitive) To taint with mildew.
2. (intransitive) To become tainted with mildew.

Concetti

muffa

ammuffire

miceti

sinonimi

mold

mould

blight

fungus

rust

smut

grey

moss

lichen

spoil

mustiness

musty

rot

spotted

mol

mouldiness

mouldy smell

stripe blight

twig blight

mycete

dampness in walls

bryophyte

cobwebs

damp

ergot

freckle

mildewed

moldiness

moldy

must

Traduzioni

moisissure

mildiou

moho

Schimmel

Mehltau

schimmel

moisi

mildiu

meeldauw

küf

μούχλα

schimmeln

enmohecer

Schimmelpilz

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmɪl.djuː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: myldew

Ereditato da inglese antico: meledeaw

Affine frisone occidentale: moaldau

Affine olandese: meeldauw

Affine tedesco: Mehltau

In summary

From Middle English myldew, from Old English meledēaw, mildēaw, from Proto-West Germanic *milidauw, from *mili (“honey”) + *dauw (“dew”). Compare West Frisian moaldau, Dutch meeldauw, German Mehltau. More at dew.