Meanings
comparative more molten · superlative most molten · alternative archaic poetic ymolten
- Melted, especially due to great heat
molten metal, wax, rock
1 more example
Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core.
2023 December 27, Mindy Weisberger, “Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field”, in CNN - Made from a melted substance.
- Glowing red-hot.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*meltaną“to melt”
- Proto-Germanic*multanaz
- Old Englishmolten
- Middle Englishmolten
- Englishmolten
From Middle English molten, from Old English molten, ġemolten (“melted, molten”), from Proto-Germanic *multanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *meltaną (“to melt”). Cognate with Scots moltin, Swedish multen.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разтопен, лят
- разтопен (raztopen)melted
- лят (ljat)made from molten substance
- отлят (otljat)made from molten substance
Dutch gesmolten
- gesmoltenmelted
Finnish sula
- sulamelted
French fondu, incandescent
- fondumelted
- incandescentglowing red-hot
German geschmolzen
- geschmolzenmelted
Greek αναλυτός
- αναλυτός (analytós)melted
Italian fuso, liquefatto
- fusomelted
- liquefattomelted
- incandescenteglowing red-hot
Latin fūsilis
- fūsilismelted
Polish stopiony
- stopionymelted
Portuguese derretido
- derretidomelted
Romanian topit
- topitmelted
Russian распла́вленный
- распла́вленный (rasplávlennyj)melted
Spanish derretido, incandescente
- derretidomelted
- incandescenteglowing red-hot
Swedish smält
- smältmelted
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with molten
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Cite this entry
molten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molten
“molten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molten. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “molten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molten.
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