Cheese goes mouldy if you don't put it in the fridge.
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Mouldy
//ˈmoʊldi//
Synonyms for "mouldy" (504 found)
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Translations
57 translations across 35 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- плесенясал adj (covered with mould)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- imbirdigadu adj (covered with mould)
Chinese
3 entries- 上殕 adj (covered with mould)
- 生菇 adj (covered with mould)
- 臭殕 adj (covered with mould)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發霉的 adj (covered with mould)
Czech
1 entries- plesnivý adj (covered with mould)
Dutch
1 entries- beschimmeld adj (covered with mould)
Esperanto
1 entries- mucida adj (covered with mould)
Finnish
1 entries- homeinen adj (covered with mould)
French
1 entries- moisi adj (covered with mould)
Galician
1 entries- balorento adj (covered with mould)
Gallurese
1 entries- muffìtu adj (covered with mould)
Georgian
4 entries- დაობებული adj (covered with mould)
- ობიანი adj (covered with mould)
- ობით დაფარული adj (covered with mould)
- ობმოკიდებული adj (covered with mould)
German
2 entries- schimmlig adj (covered with mould)
- verschimmelt adj (covered with mould)
Hungarian
1 entries- penészes adj (covered with mould)
Indonesian
2 entries- apak adj (covered with mould)
- apek adj (covered with mould)
Italian
2 entries- ammuffito adj (covered with mould)
- mucido adj (covered with mould)
Japanese
1 entries- かびた adj (covered with mould)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- bloróde adj (covered with mould)
- boloradu adj (covered with mould)
Korean
1 entries- 곰팡이가 핀 adj (covered with mould)
Latin
1 entries- mūcidus adj (covered with mould)
Māori
4 entries- hakuhaku adj (covered with mould)
- hekaheka adj (covered with mould)
- hōpurupuru adj (covered with mould)
- kāhekaheka adj (covered with mould)
Old English
2 entries- fyniht adj (covered with mould)
- fyniġ adj (covered with mould)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- bepilzt adj (covered with mould)
- schemlich adj (covered with mould)
Polish
1 entries- spleśniały adj (covered with mould)
Portuguese
3 entries- bolorento adj (covered with mould)
- embolorado adj (covered with mould)
- mofado adj (covered with mould)
Romanian
1 entries- muced adj (covered with mould)
Russian
2 entries- заплесневе́вший adj (covered with mould)
- заплесневе́лый adj (covered with mould)
Sardinian
1 entries- murighinadu adj (covered with mould)
Sassarese
2 entries- muffìtu adj (covered with mould)
- mugaratu adj (covered with mould)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- pljesniv adj (covered with mould)
Spanish
1 entries- mohoso adj (covered with mould)
Swedish
1 entries- möglig adj (covered with mould)
Turkish
1 entries- küflü adj (covered with mould)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mốc adj (covered with mould)
- mốc meo adj (covered with mould)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿאַרשימלט adj (covered with mould)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
When Tom went to have breakfast, he found that all the bread had gone mouldy.
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The bread was mouldy, but Tom ate it nevertheless.
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The bread went mouldy.
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