maltês
Friulian edit
Adjective edit
maltês
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eʃ
- Hyphenation: mal‧tês
Etymology 1 edit
From Malta (“Malta”) + -ês (“-ese”).
Noun edit
maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)
- Maltese (inhabitant of Malta)
- (uncountable) Maltese (Semitic language of Malta)
- a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Synonym: hospitalário
Adjective edit
maltês (feminine maltesa, masculine plural malteses, feminine plural maltesas, not comparable)
- Maltese (of Malta)
- Maltese (of the Maltese language)
- (of a cat) whose fur is primarily blue or gray
- (relational) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Synonym: hospitalário
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From malta (“group of itinerant workers or vagabonds”) + -ês (“-ese”), from Malta (“Malta”).
Noun edit
maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)