malta
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English
Etymology
From Spanish malta, in turn from German Malzbier.
Noun
malta (uncountable)
- A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America.
- 2016, Marion E. Currier, Linked:
- I toasted him with my glass of malta.
Further reading
Malta (soft drink) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
malta
- inflection of maltar:
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
malta f (related adjective maltový)
- mortar (mixture used for bonding bricks and stones)
Declension
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
< Malta
Noun
malta
- The Maltese language.
Usage notes
- The Finnish usage is changing with respect to the Maltese. The preferred term has until recently been maltan kieli, but at least the European Union is using malta. The development is logical, since this is the normal way to form names of languages in Finnish.
Declension
| Inflection of malta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | malta | — | ||
| genitive | maltan | — | ||
| partitive | maltaa | — | ||
| illative | maltaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | malta | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | malta | — | |
| gen. | maltan | |||
| genitive | maltan | — | ||
| partitive | maltaa | — | ||
| inessive | maltassa | — | ||
| elative | maltasta | — | ||
| illative | maltaan | — | ||
| adessive | maltalla | — | ||
| ablative | maltalta | — | ||
| allative | maltalle | — | ||
| essive | maltana | — | ||
| translative | maltaksi | — | ||
| abessive | maltatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- maltan kieli
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
malta
- inflection of malttaa:
Anagrams
French
Verb
malta
- third-person singular past historic of malter
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).
Noun
malta f (plural malte)
- mortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand, and water)
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
malta
- inflection of maltare:
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Unknown. Possibly related to Malta.
Pronunciation
Noun
malta f (plural maltas)
- (collective, derogatory) a group of troublemakers or vagabonds; rabble
- (collective) crowd, group
- 1899, Coelho Neto, “XIV”, in A Conquista:
- Todos os jornais abolicionistas anunciaram e, no dia aprazado, à tarde, um homem misterioso apareceu na redação para prevenir o intrépido jornalista: "que uma grande malta estava assalariada para invadir o teatro no momento em que o primeiro orador aparecesse na tribuna".
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- farm workers, especially those working seasonally
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
malta
- inflection of maltar:
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
malta f (genitive singular malty, nominative plural malty, genitive plural mált, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Declension of malta
Derived terms
Further reading
- “malta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
malta f (plural maltas)
Descendants
- → English: malta
Further reading
- “malta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014