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malar

See also: målar

English

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Etymology

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From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).

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Adjective

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malar (not comparable)

  1. 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.

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Noun

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malar (plural malars)

  1. (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

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cheekbone — see cheekbone

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Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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malar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

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Verb

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malar

  1. inflection of mala:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular present indicative

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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malar m

  1. indefinite plural of mal

Etymology 2

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Verb

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malar

  1. (non-standard since 2012) present of mala

Etymology 3

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Noun

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malar m (definite singular malaren, indefinite plural malarar, definite plural malarane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of målar

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Old Norse

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Noun

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malar

  1. genitive singular indefinite of mǫlr m
  2. genitive singular indefinite of mǫl f

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin mala (“cheek”).

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Noun

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malar m (plural malares)

  1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma
    Synonyms: zigomático, zigoma

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Adjective

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malar m or f (plural malares)

  1. (relational) cheekbone; zygoma
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French malaire.

Adjective

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malar m or n (feminine singular malară, masculine plural malari, feminine and neuter plural malare)

  1. malar

Declension

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Declension of malar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite malar malară malari malare
definite malarul malara malarii malarele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite malar malare malari malare
definite malarului malarei malarilor malarelor

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈlaɾ/ [maˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧lar

Adjective

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malar m or f (masculine and feminine plural malares)

  1. malar

Further reading

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Swedish

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Noun

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malar

  1. indefinite plural of mal

Anagrams

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Yagara

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Noun

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malar

  1. man

References

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  • 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.
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