Mal

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Etymology 1.2.2 Usage note 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.4 Adverb 3.5 Adjective 3.5.1 Synonyms 3.6 See also 4 German 4.1 Combining form 5 Interlingua 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adjective 5.3 Adverb 5.4 Noun 6 Kurdish 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Translations 7 Swedish 7.1 Noun 7.2 Verb 7.2.1 Related words 8 Romanian 8.1 Etymology

English

Proper noun

Mal

1. A short form of the female given name Mallory and some other names.

Noun

Etymology

French mal, illness.

mal

1. Illness, affliction.

Usage note

Used only in set phrases such as grand mal .

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA	/mɑl/
SAMPA	/mAl/

Noun

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

What are the translations?

1. A device to help drawing shapes
2. A 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 malo and Italian male.

Pronunciation

IPA	/mal/
SAMPA

Noun

mal m (plural maux )

1. trouble, difficulty

   J'ai du mal à m'imaginer celà - I have trouble imagining that.

2. pain

   J'ai mal à la tête - My head hurts or I have a headache.

3. evil

Adverb

mal

1. badly

Adjective

mal

1. bad (only in sayings)

   bon an, mal an

   bon gré, mal gré

   Il est mal de / C'est mal de +infinitive

Synonyms

• mauvais
• méchant
• vilain
• laid
• merdique (vulgar slang)

See also

• pas mal
• malade
• maladie
• malaise
• mal-aimé
• maladroit
• malheur
• malfaisant

---

German

Combining form

-mal

1. times

   zweimal - two times, twice

---

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin malus

Adjective

mal

1. bad
2. evil

Adverb

mal

1. badly , poorly
2. wrongfully , mis-

Noun

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

---

Kurdish

Etymology

Old Kurdish xane , "to stay, remain".

Noun

mal f

1. a house

Translations

see under house

Swedish

Noun

mal c (pl malar , def sing malen , def pl malarna )

1. moth

Verb

mal

1. Present tense of mala
2. Imperative of mala.

Related words

• malström

Romanian

Etymology

From Dacian