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English
Etymology
From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
malar (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the cheek.
1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
malar (plural malars)
- (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.
Translations
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology 1
Noun
malar
- indefinite genitive singular of möl
Etymology 2
Verb
malar
- inflection of mala:
- second-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular present indicative
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
malar m
- indefinite plural of mal
Etymology 2
Verb
malar
- (non-standard since 2012) present of mala
Etymology 3
Noun
malar m (definite singular malaren, indefinite plural malarar, definite plural malarane)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of målar
Anagrams
Old Norse
Noun
malar
- genitive singular indefinite of mǫlr m
- genitive singular indefinite of mǫl f
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin mala (“cheek”).
Pronunciation
Noun
malar m (plural malares)
- (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma
- Synonyms: zigomático, zigoma
Hypernyms
Adjective
malar m or f (plural malares)
- (relational) cheekbone; zygoma
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French malaire.
Adjective
malar m or n (feminine singular malară, masculine plural malari, feminine and neuter plural malare)
- malar
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧lar
Adjective
malar m or f (masculine and feminine plural malares)
- malar
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
malar
- indefinite plural of mal
Anagrams
Yagara
Noun
malar
- man
References
- Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.