"mal-" meaning in All languages combined

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Prefix [Catalan]

Etymology: From mal. Etymology templates: {{m|ca|mal}} mal Head templates: {{head|ca|prefix}} mal-
  1. poorly, badly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--ca-prefix-1LWZxlGg Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [English]

Etymology: From Old French mal- from the Latin adverb male, from malus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|mal-}} Old French mal-, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|male}} male, {{m|la|malus}} malus Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} mal-, {{en-prefix}} mal-
  1. bad, badly
    evil
    Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mis-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-1OT4wiA7
  2. bad, badly
    unhealthy, harmful
    Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mis-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-jX-1YfXC
  3. bad, badly
    unpleasant
    Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mis-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-7y0hXvB2
  4. bad, badly
    incorrect
    Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mis-, para-, dis-, dys-, mis-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-hdiuAdAS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 14 23 13 14 12 10 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 7 7 12 24 11 16 12 10
  5. bad, badly
    incomplete, unfinished
    Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mis-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-HH505Y4G
  6. bad, badly
    poorly, deficiently
    Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mis-, under-, hypo-, dys-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-1fmkvGB0
  7. unintentional, mistaken, accidental Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mis-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-sA8SDKMy
  8. not Tags: morpheme Synonyms: a-, an-, dys-, in-, non-, un-
    Sense id: en-mal--en-prefix-JUu5e1fx

Prefix [Esperanto]

IPA: /mal/ Audio: LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-mal-.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from French mal- in its secondary sense of denoting the opposite. Etymology templates: {{bor|eo|fr|mal-}} French mal- Head templates: {{head|eo|prefix}} mal-
  1. denotes opposites Tags: morpheme Derived forms: mala (english: opposite) [adjective], malo (english: opposite) [noun], male (english: on the contrary) Related terms: ne-, sen-, kontraŭ-

Prefix [French]

IPA: /mal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mal-.wav
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mal-, from Old French mal-, from mal (“bad; badly”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mal-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mal-, {{inh+|fr|frm|mal-}} Inherited from Middle French mal-, {{inh|fr|fro|mal-}} Old French mal-, {{m|fro|mal||bad; badly}} mal (“bad; badly”) Head templates: {{fr-prefix}} mal-
  1. badly; wrongly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--fr-prefix-8GmZye~D
  2. denotes the opposite of the unprefixed form Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--fr-prefix-WTGR4zvE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 94

Prefix [Italian]

Etymology: From Latin male (“badly”). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|male||badly}} Latin male (“badly”) Head templates: {{head|it|prefix}} mal-
  1. bad; badly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--it-prefix-2ahGeQ3i Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Preposition [Maltese]

IPA: /mal/
Head templates: {{head|mt|preposition form}} mal-
  1. definite form of ma’ used before vowels or qamri consonants. Tags: definite, form-of Form of: ma’ used before vowels or qamri consonants
    Sense id: en-mal--mt-prep-6UDD345B Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [Old French]

Etymology: From Latin male (“badly”). Etymology templates: {{der|fro|la|male||badly}} Latin male (“badly”) Head templates: {{head|fro|prefix}} mal-
  1. bad; badly Tags: morpheme Synonyms: mes-, mau-
    Sense id: en-mal--fro-prefix-2ahGeQ3i Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Prefix [Portuguese]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin male (“badly”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pt|la|male||badly|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin male (“badly”), {{bor+|pt|la|male||badly}} Borrowed from Latin male (“badly”) Head templates: {{head|pt|prefix}} mal-
  1. bad; badly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--pt-prefix-2ahGeQ3i
  2. poorly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--pt-prefix-3G9G0Srj Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 0
  3. barely, hardly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--pt-prefix-z7thf3gd

Prefix [Spanish]

Etymology: From Latin male (“badly”). Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|male||badly}} Latin male (“badly”) Head templates: {{head|es|prefix}} mal-
  1. bad; badly Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-mal--es-prefix-2ahGeQ3i Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for mal- meaning in All languages combined (12.2kB)

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    }
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}

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    },
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      ],
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          "bad"
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        "morpheme"
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}

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