Neuter

smout

  1. (neuter) melted and solidified animal fat
  2. (neuter) any type of melted and solidified fat
  3. (neuter, rare) any type of oil
  4. (neuter) type of melted and solidified lard, often sweetened with sugar or another additive, used as bread spread

Pronounced as (IPA)
/smɑu̯t/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch smout (“melted animal fat, oil”), from Old Dutch *smalt, from Proto-West Germanic *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smultą. Cognate with Limburgish smout, West Flemish smout, Zealandic smout, Middle Low German smalt, Old High German smalz, Middle High German smalz, Plautdietsch Schmolt, German Schmalz, Bavarian Schmoiz, Cimbrian smaltz, Hunsrik Schmals, Luxembourgish Schmalz, Pennsylvania German Schmals, Yiddish שמאַלץ (shmalts). More distantly related to Old English smolt, Old Norse smolt, Icelandic smolt, Norwegian Bokmål smult.

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