malle

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See also: Malle and mallé

English[edit]

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Noun[edit]

malle (plural malles)

  1. A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52:
      There is also an entry of two hundred Malles in a store house at Berwick.

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Low German malle, presumably corrupted from Middle Low German walre, itself related to hval.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalə/, [ˈmælə]

Noun[edit]

malle c (singular definite mallen, plural indefinite maller)

  1. catfish

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.lə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧le
  • Rhymes: -ɑlə

Adjective[edit]

malle

  1. inflection of mal:
    1. indefinite masculine and feminine singular
    2. indefinite plural
    3. definite

Noun[edit]

malle m or f (plural mallen)

  1. Someone who acts silly.

Estonian[edit]

Noun[edit]

malle

  1. illative singular of male

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French malle, from Old French male (leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case), from Frankish *malha (leather bag), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (leather bag), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (leather bag). Cognate with Old High German malha, malaha (leather bag), Middle Dutch male (trunk, travel bag). More at mail.

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Noun[edit]

malle f (plural malles)

  1. large suitcase; trunk
    Sors tes habits de la malle et range-les dans l’armoire !
    Take your clothes out of the suitcase and put them away in the cupboard!

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Descendants[edit]

  • Portuguese: mala

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Peasants using malles ("flails") to thresh cereal

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin manualis (manual); cognate with Portuguese mangual.

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Noun[edit]

malle m (plural malles)

  1. flail
  2. handle of the flail
    Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca
  3. hammer

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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

malle

  1. inflection of mallar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Low German mall, from Middle Low German mal, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch mal.

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Adjective[edit]

malle (strong nominative masculine singular maller, comparative maller, superlative am mallsten)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly predicative) mad, crazy, not quite right, whimsical
    Synonyms: verrückt, irre, bekloppt, bescheuert, durchgeknallt, plemplem
    Die Idee ist doch komplett malle.That idea is completely mad!
    Ich werd hier noch malle!I’m about to go crazy in here!

Declension[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

mālle

  1. present active infinitive of mālō

Mapudungun[edit]

Noun[edit]

malle (Unified spelling)

  1. uncle

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

malle

  1. Alternative form of malwe

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *malhu (leather bag).

Noun[edit]

malle oblique singularf (oblique plural malles, nominative singular malle, nominative plural malles)

  1. large chest or trunk

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

malle

  1. inflection of mallar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative