See also: Malle and mallé

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Danish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalə/, [ˈmælə]

Noun edit

malle c (singular definite mallen, plural indefinite maller)

  1. catfish

Inflection edit

References edit

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.lə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mal‧le
  • Rhymes: -ɑlə

Adjective edit

malle

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

Noun edit

malle m or f (plural mallen)

  1. Someone who acts silly.

Estonian edit

Noun edit

malle

  1. illative singular of male

French edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: mala

Further reading edit

Galician edit

 
Peasants using malles ("flails") to thresh cereal

Etymology 1 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

malle m (plural malles)

  1. flail
  2. handle of the flail
    Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca
  3. hammer

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

malle

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

German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

mālle

  1. present active infinitive of mālō

Mapudungun edit

Noun edit

malle (Unified spelling)

  1. uncle

Middle English edit

Noun edit

malle

  1. Alternative form of malwe

Old French edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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

  1. large chest or trunk

Spanish edit

Verb edit

malle

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