smelten
Meaning
- (intransitive) to melt
- (transitive) to melt
- (transitive) to smelt
Frequency
Hyphenated as
smel‧ten
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsmɛl.tə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch smelten, a merger of two Old Dutch verbs: * *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną, a strong intransitive verb. * *smelten, from Proto-Germanic *smaltijaną, weak causative of the above.
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