verb · transitive · rare

moult

moult · moults · moulted · moulting

линять

(sich) mausern, (sich) häuten

To undergo the process of shedding or losing a covering of hair or fur, feathers,…To undergo the process of shedding or losing a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replacing it with a fresh one; to change by moulting.

UK/mɒlt/US/moʊlt/

» My budgie is moulting.

Mein Wellensittich ist in der Mauser.

Мой попугайчик линяет.

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To undergo the process of shedding or losing a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replacing it with a fresh one; to change by moulting.
Birds moult periodically.
(sich) mausernfeathers, (sich) häutenskin
линя́тьlinjátʹ
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
(transitive)To shed in such a manner.

Examples

2 sentences

My budgie is moulting.
ruМой попугайчик линяет.
deMein Wellensittich ist in der Mauser.
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My budgerigar is moulting.
deMein Wellensittich ist in der Mauser.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal:

Origin

From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (attested in bemutian, “to exchange f

From Middle English mouten, from Old English *mutian (attested in bemutian, “to exchange for”), from Latin mūtō (“to (re)move, change, vary, mutate, exchange, abandon”). Doublet of mute and mutate. The unetymological ⟨l⟩ was introduced into the spelling by mistakenly assuming a French origin with -l- as in fault and vault; compare solder, which in contrast has an etymological ⟨l⟩ (from Latin solidāre, “to make solid“) but was historically pronounced without that grapheme's sound.

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