Tagoror  
Home      Quote      Encyclopedia     


Mal



Table of contents
1 English
2 Dutch
3 French
4 Interlingua

English

Proper noun

Mal
  1. short form of Mallory as in Mal(lory) and some other names.

Noun

mal
  1. illness, affliction

Usage

Only in set phrases such as grand mal seizure.

Etymology

French mal.


Dutch

Pronunciation

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 | IPA || /mɑl/ |- | SAMPA || /mAl/ |}

Noun

mal f (plural: mallen, diminutive: malletje, plural diminutive: malletjes)

  1. device to help drawing shapes
  2. device to help shaping objects in plaster or plastics etc.

Adjective

mal (malle)

  1. funny, crazy


French

Etymology

Old French
mal, from Latin malus, derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- "bad, wrong". Near cognates include Spanish and Italian malo.

Pronunciation

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 | IPA |rowspan=2| /mal/ |- | SAMPA |}

Noun

mal m

  1. trouble, difficulty
    J'ai du mal à m'imaginer celà.
  2. I'm having trouble imagining that.
  3. pain
    J'ai mal à la tête.
  4. My head hurts.
  5. evil

Adverb

  1. badly

Adjective

  1. bad

Synonyms


Interlingua

Adjective

  1. bad.
  2. evil.

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Adverb

  1. badly, poorly.
  2. wrongfully, mis-.

Etymology

From Latin
male.

Translations

Noun

  1. bad, badness, bad thing.
  2. evil.
  3. illness.
  4. pain, ache.

Translations

  • Portuguese: mal m (1,2,3,4); maldade f, ruindade f (2)



Tagoror Networks, S.L. - Terms and Conditions

All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License