Mildew

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈmɪl.djuː

Definitions

A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolanublar añublar (desus.)anublarseañublarse (desus.)anublo mildéu mildio mildiu moho

Françaismildew mildiou

DeutschMehltau Schimmel SchimmelnSchimmelpilz verschimmeln

43 more languages

العربيةالعفن الفطري تعفن عفونةيرقان

Azərbaycan dilikif

བོད་སྐད།ཧམ་འབུ

Bosanskibuđ meo moćplesan plijesan буђ плесан плијесан

Catalàmíldiu

Češtinaplesnivět plíseň zplesnivět

Cymraegllwydni

Danskmeldug mug

Ελληνικάμούχλα

Suomihome homehduttaa homehtua

Gaeilgecaonach liath

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻikūkaeloli

עבריתטחב עובש

हिन्दीफफूँदी

Hrvatskibuđ meo moćplesan plijesan буђ плесан плијесан

Magyarpenész rozsda

Հայերենբորբոս

Bahasa Indonesiacendawan kapang

Italianomuffa

日本語かびる黴

ქართულიობი ჭრაქი

ភាសាខ្មែរផ្សិត

한국어곰팡이

Kurdîkapang kîf moc

Latinaaurūgō pallor rōbīgōscabies

Lietuviųmiltligė

Latviešupelējums

Македонскимувла

Монголхөгц

Nederlandsbeschimmelen meeldauw met schimmel bedekkenSchimmel

Polskipleśń pleśnieć spleśnieć

Portuguêsmíldio mofo

Românămucegai

Русскийзаплесневеть ми́лдью плесеньплесневеть

Slovenčinapleseň

Slovenščinaplesen

Shqipmyk

Српскиbuđ meo moćplesan plijesan буђ плесан плијесан

Tagalogtagulamin

Türkçeküf

Українськаплі́сень плі́снява цвіль

Tiếng Việtmeo móc

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

mildewcide Mildewed mildewer mildewiness Mildewing Mildews

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