English Explanatory Dictionary

wilt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
  2. To fatigue; to lose strength; to flag.
  3. To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
  4. To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
noun
  1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
  2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
verb
  1. second-person singular simple present indicative of will
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/wɪlt/ en-us-wilt.ogg

Word forms

wilt wilts wilting wilted

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

koa wilt oak wilt pineapple wilt Stewart's wilt

Translations

Armenian: թառամել Azerbaijani: solmaq Bulgarian: клюмвам Catalan: mustiar Catalan: pansir Chinese Mandarin: 枯萎 Chinese Mandarin: 打蔫兒 /打蔫儿 Danish: visne Dutch: verwelken Esperanto: velki Faroese: følna Finnish: lakastua Finnish: kuihtua Finnish: näivettyä Finnish: nuutua French: flétrir French: se flétrir French: faner French: se faner German: welken German: verwelken Greek: μαραίνομαι Hungarian: hervad Hungarian: fonnyad Icelandic: fölna Ingrian: räytyä Italian: appassire Italian: avvizzire Italian: afflosciarsi Kumyk: солмакъ Malayalam: വാടുക Māori: kautaka Nepali: ओइलाउनु Norwegian: visne Old Norse: fǫlna Persian: پلاسیدن Polish: więdnąć Portuguese: murchar Russian: увядать Southern Sami: boelnedh Serbo-Croatian: venuti Serbo-Croatian: mlohaviti Slovak: vädnúť Slovak: zvädnúť Slovak: zosychať Slovak: usychať Spanish: marchitarse Spanish: ajarse Swedish: vissna Turkish: solmak Ottoman Turkish: بایلمق Uyghur: سولماق
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