See also: målade

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French malade, from Old French malade, from Latin male habitus (ill-kept, not in good condition).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.lad/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

malade (plural malades)

  1. ill, unwell, sick
    Elle est si malade qu’elle ne peut pas venir.
    She is so ill that she cannot come.
  2. (informal) Mentally disturbed; crazy; nuts; mental
    Synonyms: taré, cinglé, fou

Noun edit

malade m or f by sense (plural malades)

  1. an ill or sick person; a patient
  2. (informal) someone who is crazy; a nutcase
    • 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 53:
      "Ciboire! Il a joui en l’étranglant! C’est un hostie de malade!."
      "What the hell! He came while strangling him. He's a damn nutcase!"
  3. (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast)
    Synonyms: fou m, folle f
    C’est un malade de cinéma.He's a cinema nut.

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Further reading edit

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French malade.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

malade (strong nominative masculine singular malader, not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, dated) ill, unwell, sick

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • malade” in Duden online
  • malade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norman edit

Etymology edit

From Old French malade, from Latin male habitus (ill-kept, not in good condition).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Adjective edit

malade m or f

  1. (Jersey) ill

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Old French edit

Adjective edit

malade m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malade)

  1. ill, unwell, sick

Descendants edit

  • French: malade