malle

English

Alternative forms

• maul, mall, mawle

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Amell, lamel

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalə/,

Noun

malle c (singular definite mallen, plural indefinite maller)

1. catfish

Inflection

References

• “malle” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.lə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: mal‧le
• Rhymes: -ɑlə

Adjective

malle

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

Noun

malle m or f (plural mallen)

1. Someone who acts silly.

Estonian

Noun

malle

1. illative singular of male

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal/

• audio

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Noun

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!

Derived terms

• mallette
• se faire la malle

Descendants

• → Portuguese: mala

Further reading

• “malle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• mal, mallo, manle, manlle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʎe̝/

Noun

malle m (plural malles)

1. flail
2. handle of the flail

   Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca

3. hammer

References

• “malle” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “malle” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

malle

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

German

Alternative forms

• mall

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalə/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

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

Latin

Verb

mālle

1. present active infinitive of mālō

Mapudungun

Noun

malle (Unified spelling)

1. uncle

Middle English

Noun

malle

1. Alternative form of malwe

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. large chest or trunk

Spanish

Verb

malle

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