"malfunction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-malfunction.ogg , en-au-malfunction.ogg Forms: malfunctions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function. Head templates: {{en-noun}} malfunction (plural malfunctions)
  1. Faulty functioning. Synonyms: dysfunction, misfunction Translations (faulty functioning): неизправност (neizpravnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 故障 (gùzhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), slechte werking [feminine] (Dutch), malfunkciado (Esperanto), toimintahäiriö (Finnish), virhetoiminta (Finnish), défaut de fonctionnement [masculine] (French), mal funcionamento [masculine] (Galician), Fehlfunktion [feminine] (German), Funktionsstörung [feminine] (German), δυσλειτουργία (dysleitourgía) [feminine] (Greek), malfunzionamento (Italian), 故障 (koshō) (alt: こしょう) (Japanese), 고장 (gojang) (Korean), turingongengonge (Maori), wadliwe działanie [neuter] (Polish), mau funcionamento [masculine] (Portuguese), funcionamento defeituoso [masculine] (Portuguese), неиспра́вность (neisprávnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сбой (sboj) [masculine] (Russian), funcionamiento defectuoso [masculine] (Spanish), malfuncionamiento [masculine] (Spanish), salang-kimot (Tagalog), pagsalang-kimot (Tagalog), arıza (Turkish), trục trặc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-malfunction-en-noun-FYBsIpMy Disambiguation of 'faulty functioning': 96 4
  2. Failure to function. Translations (failure to function): stuk zijn [neuter] (Dutch), storing [feminine] (Dutch), toimintahäiriö (Finnish), défaut de fonctionnement [masculine] (French), avaría [feminine] (Galician), Fehlfunktion [feminine] (German), Funktionsstörung [feminine] (German), δυσλειτουργία (dysleitourgía) [feminine] (Greek), malfunzionamento (Italian), turingongengonge (Maori), awaria [feminine] (Polish), não-funcionamento [masculine] (Portuguese), поло́мка (polómka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-malfunction-en-noun-5gKuHlN1 Disambiguation of 'failure to function': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: malfunction routine, malfunction junction, wardrobe malfunction

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-malfunction.ogg , en-au-malfunction.ogg Forms: malfunctions [present, singular, third-person], malfunctioning [participle, present], malfunctioned [participle, past], malfunctioned [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function. Head templates: {{en-verb}} malfunction (third-person singular simple present malfunctions, present participle malfunctioning, simple past and past participle malfunctioned)
  1. To function improperly. Translations (to function improperly): toimia huonosti (Finnish), nicht funktionieren (German), wadliwie działać [imperfective] (Polish), пло́хо рабо́тать (plóxo rabótatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), барахли́ть (baraxlítʹ) [colloquial, imperfective] (Russian), arızalanmak (Turkish), camweithio (Welsh), ǁʻàa (ǃXóõ)
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  2. To fail to function. Translations (to fail to function): nicht funktionieren (German), 고장이 나다 (gojang'i nada) (Korean), nie działać [imperfective] (Polish), не рабо́тать (ne rabótatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), pallu gweithio (Welsh), ǁʻàa (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-malfunction-en-verb-dSFDU8hT Disambiguation of 'to fail to function': 7 93

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "word": "toimia huonosti"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "word": "toimia huonosti"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "пло́хо рабо́тать"
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