see|Appendix:Variations of "mal"

English

Etymology
From F. term|mal|lang=fr||illness.

Noun
en-noun

1. context|only in set phrases illness|Illness, affliction.

#: a grand mal seizure

1. surfing form of|contraction|malibu (the longboard type of surfboard).

Derived terms
sense|illness grand mal

See also
malicious
Mal

Albanian

Etymology
A substratum word, akin to Romanian term|mal|lang=ro

Noun
infl|sq|noun|g=m|def. singular|mali|def. plural|malet

1. mount

Croatian

Adjective
infl|hr|adjective

1. small

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|lang=nl|/m�l/
SAMPA|lang=nl|/mAl/

Noun
infl|nl|noun|g=f|plural|mallen|diminutive|malletje|plural diminutive|malletjes

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

Adjective
infl|nl|adjective|g=m|f & pl|malle

1. funny, crazy

Usage notes
The adjective term|mal always refers to an aspect of a thing or person. It is the adjective form of the noun term|mallerd.

Derived terms
mallerd

Esperanto

Prefix
infl|eo|prefix|head=mal-

1. context|forming the antonym of the following morpheme un-; non-; de-

#:bona (�good�), malbona (�bad�)
#:helpi (�help�), malhelpi (�hinder�)
#:feli�o (�happiness�), malfeli�o (�sadness�)

French

Etymology
OF.|fr term|mal|langfro, from L.|fr term|malus, derived from PIE. *term||mel-|bad, wrong. Near cognates include Spanish term|malo and Italian term|male|langit.

Pronunciation
IPA|lang=fr|/mal/

Noun
infl|fr|noun|g=m|plural|maux

1. trouble, difficulty

#:J'ai du mal à m'imaginer celà. (�I have trouble imagining that.�)

1. pain

#:J'ai mal à la tête. (�I have a headache.� Literally, �My head hurts.�)

1. evil

Adverb
infl|fr|adverb

1. badly

#: C'est mal fait. (�It's done badly.�)

Adjective
infl|fr|adjective

1. context|in set phrases and limited constructions bad

#:bon an, mal an
#:bon gré, mal gré
#:Il est mal de [infinitive]
#:C'est mal de [infinitive]

Synonyms
mauvais
méchant
vilain
laid
merdique qualifier|vulgar slang

See also
pas mal
malade
maladie
malaise
mal-aimé
maladroit
malheur
malfaisant

Icelandic

Noun
infl|is|noun|g=n

1. purr

Interlingua

Etymology
From L.|ia term|malus

Adjective
infl|ia|adjective

1. bad
2. evil

Adverb
infl|ia|adverb

1. badly, poorly
2. wrongfully, mis-

Noun
infl|ia|noun

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

Italian

Noun
infl|it|noun|g=m inv

1. apocopic form of|male|lang=Italian

Kurdish

Noun
infl|ku|noun|g=f

1. home, house

Romanian

Etymology
Dacian *term||mala or *term||malwa (attested in 'Dacia Maluensis') (< PIE. *term||molH-). Has an Albanian cognate, term|mal|lang=sqi||mountain.

Noun
infl|ro|noun|plural|maluri

1. shore

Category:Romanian substratum words

Spanish
Etymology
From L.|es term|malus, derived from PIE. *term||mel-|bad, wrong.

Adjective
infl|es|adjective form|gender=m|apocopate||standard form|malo

1. context|before the noun apocopic form of|malo|lang=Spanish bad; evil

Usage notes
The adjective form term|mal is only used before a singular masculin noun. In other positions, term|malo|lang=es is used instead.

Adverb
infl|es|adverb|comparative|peor

1. badly; poorly

Noun
es-noun-m|plural=malos
rfc-inflection|malos

1. evil; harm; a bad thing or situation

#: de mal en peor � �from bad to worse�

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-en mal.ogg|audio
IPA|lang=sv|�m��l

Noun
infl|sv|noun|g=c

1. moth
2. wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

Declension
sv-noun-reg-ar

See also
fjäril c
larv c

Verb
infl|sv|verb

1. sv-verb-form-imp|mala

Related terms
malström

Turkish

Etymology
From Arabic term|scArab|�ا�|trm�l||property.

Noun
infl|tr|noun

1. assets

ca:mal
de:mal
et:mal
el:mal
es:mal
eo:mal
fr:mal
ko:mal
hy:mal
io:mal
id:mal
is:mal
it:mal
he:mal
ku:mal
nl:mal
ja:mal
nds:mal
pl:mal
pt:mal
ru:mal
sq:mal
sh:mal
fi:mal
sv:mal
vi:mal
tr:mal
vo:mal

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