Pelt — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

body covering of a living animal

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛlt/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛlt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛlt/

1 syllable Say it as /pˈɛlt/.

Examples

They pelted each other with snowballs
pelt the speaker with questions
Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bombard stream rain buckets skin pour pepper hide fur rain cats and dogs

Parts of Speech

noun	the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
noun	body covering of a living animal
verb	cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile “They pelted each other with snowballs”
verb	attack and bombard with or as if with missiles “pelt the speaker with questions”
verb	rain heavily “Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!”

Word Forms

skin	verb	bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
pelter	noun	a thrower of missiles
pelting	noun	anything happening rapidly or in quick successive

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fell

das gekleidete haarige Fell eines Säugetiers

🇫🇷French

peau

le pelage poilu habillé d'un mammifère

🇪🇸Spanish

piel

el pelaje peludo vestido de un mamífero

🇮🇹Italian

pelle

il mantello peloso vestito di un mammifero

🇳🇱Dutch

pels

de geklede harige vacht van een zoogdier

🇵🇹Portuguese

pele

o casaco peludo vestido de um mamífero

🇷🇺Russian

шкура

одетая волосатая шерсть млекопитающего

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खाल

एक स्तनपायी का पहना हुआ बालों वाला कोट

🇧🇩Bengali

পেল্ট

একটি স্তন্যপায়ী প্রাণীর পোশাক পরা লোমশ কোট

🇮🇳Tamil

வீசுதல்

ஒரு பாலூட்டியின் உடையணிந்த ஹேரி கோட்

🇮🇳Telugu

కొట్టు

క్షీరదం యొక్క దుస్తులు ధరించిన వెంట్రుకల కోటు

🇮🇳Marathi

पेल्ट

सस्तन प्राण्याचे कपडे घातलेला केसाळ कोट

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેલ્ટ

સસ્તન પ્રાણીનો પોશાક પહેરેલ રુવાંટીવાળો કોટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ತೂರಾಟ

ಸಸ್ತನಿಗಳ ಧರಿಸಿರುವ ಕೂದಲುಳ್ಳ ಕೋಟ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

എറിയുക

ഒരു സസ്തനിയുടെ വസ്ത്രം ധരിച്ച മുടിയുള്ള കോട്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੈਲਟ

ਇੱਕ ਥਣਧਾਰੀ ਜਾਨਵਰ ਦਾ ਪਹਿਨੇ ਹੋਏ ਵਾਲਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਕੋਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیلٹ

ایک پستان دار جانور کا ملبوس بالوں والا کوٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

毛皮

哺乳动物的毛茸茸的皮毛

🇯🇵Japanese

毛皮

哺乳類の着飾った毛むくじゃらのコート

🇰🇷Korean

던지다

옷을 입은 포유동물의 털이 많은 털

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tấm da

bộ lông có lông của động vật có vú

🇹🇭Thai

หนัง

เสื้อโค้ตมีขนของสัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม

🇮🇩Indonesian

melempari

mantel berbulu mamalia

🇵🇭Filipino

balutin

ang nakasuot na balbon na amerikana ng isang mammal

🇲🇾Malay

melempar

kot berbulu berpakaian mamalia

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قذف

معطف مشعر من الثدييات

🇮🇷Persian

پوست انداختن

کت موی پوشیده یک پستاندار

🇹🇷Turkish

post

bir memelinin giyinmiş kıllı ceketi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִזרוֹק

המעיל השעיר הלבוש של יונק

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