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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmelt
/mɛlt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Make or become liquefied by heat.
"The snow began to melt in the warm spring sunshine."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Old English 'meltan' (intransitive), of Germanic origin; related to Greek 'meldēin' to melt.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "melt" is said worldwide
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fondre
Transliteration: fondre
"Le chocolat commence à fondre au soleil."
schmelzen
Transliteration: schmelzen
"Das Eis schmilzt in der Sonne."
sciogliere
Transliteration: sciogliere
"Il burro si scioglie nella padella calda."
derretir
Transliteration: derretir
"El helado se derretirá si lo dejas afuera."
derreter
Transliteration: derreter
"O queijo vai derreter no sanduíche quente."
पिघलना
Transliteration: pighalna
"धूप में बर्फ़ पिघलने लगी।"
融化
Transliteration: rónghuà
"春天到了，冰雪开始融化。"
녹다
Transliteration: nokda
"따뜻한 햇살에 눈이 녹고 있습니다."
溶ける
Transliteration: tokeru
"暑さでアイスクリームが溶けてしまった。"
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