malade
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
Adjective edit
malade (plural malades)
- ill, unwell, sick
- Elle est si malade qu’elle ne peut pas venir.
- She is so ill that she cannot come.
- (informal) Mentally disturbed; crazy; nuts; mental
Noun edit
malade m or f by sense (plural malades)
- an ill or sick person; a patient
- (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!"
- (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast)
Related terms edit
- garde-malade
- malade comme un chien
- malade de la gâchette
- malade mental
- malade mentalement
- maladie
- mentalement malade
- tomber malade
Further reading edit
- “malade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
malade (strong nominative masculine singular malader, not comparable)
- (colloquial, dated) ill, unwell, sick
Declension edit
Positive forms of malade (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist malade | sie ist malade | es ist malade | sie sind malade | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | malader | malade | malades | malade |
genitive | maladen | malader | maladen | malader | |
dative | maladem | malader | maladem | maladen | |
accusative | maladen | malade | malades | malade | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der malade | die malade | das malade | die maladen |
genitive | des maladen | der maladen | des maladen | der maladen | |
dative | dem maladen | der maladen | dem maladen | den maladen | |
accusative | den maladen | die malade | das malade | die maladen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein malader | eine malade | ein malades | (keine) maladen |
genitive | eines maladen | einer maladen | eines maladen | (keiner) maladen | |
dative | einem maladen | einer maladen | einem maladen | (keinen) maladen | |
accusative | einen maladen | eine malade | ein malades | (keine) maladen |
Further reading edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French malade, from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Adjective edit
malade m or f
Related terms edit
- maladie (“illness”)
Old French edit
Adjective edit
malade m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malade)
Descendants edit
- French: malade