"malfunction" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-malfunction.ogg [US], en-au-malfunction.ogg [Australia] Forms: malfunctions [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mal-||bad, incorrect}} mal- (“bad, incorrect”), {{m|en|function}} 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), 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), 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 [US], en-au-malfunction.ogg [Australia] Forms: malfunctions [present, singular, third-person], malfunctioning [participle, present], malfunctioned [participle, past], malfunctioned [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən Etymology: From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mal-||bad, incorrect}} mal- (“bad, incorrect”), {{m|en|function}} 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)
    Sense id: en-malfunction-en-verb-1Ir4NwUZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 62 6 Disambiguation of 'to function improperly': 91 9
  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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      "roman": "neizpravnost",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "неизправност"
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "故障"
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "malfunkciado"
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      "word": "toimintahäiriö"
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "virhetoiminta"
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mal funcionamento"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Funktionsstörung"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δυσλειτουργία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "malfunzionamento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こしょう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koshō",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "故障"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gojang",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "고장"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wadliwe działanie"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mau funcionamento"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "funcionamento defeituoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neisprávnostʹ",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "неиспра́вность"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sboj",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "сбой"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "faulty functioning",
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      "word": "funcionamiento defectuoso"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "salang-kimot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "pagsalang-kimot"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "arıza"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "faulty functioning",
      "word": "trục trặc"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "failure to function",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "failure to function",
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      "word": "storing"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "failure to function",
      "word": "toimintahäiriö"
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      "sense": "failure to function",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "failure to function",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "avaría"
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      "sense": "failure to function",
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      "word": "Fehlfunktion"
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      "sense": "failure to function",
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      "word": "awaria"
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      "sense": "failure to function",
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}

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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "word": "toimia huonosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "word": "nicht funktionieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "wadliwie działać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plóxo rabótatʹ",
      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пло́хо рабо́тать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "baraxlítʹ",
      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "барахли́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "word": "arızalanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "word": "camweithio"
    },
    {
      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "to function improperly",
      "word": "ǁʻàa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fail to function",
      "word": "nicht funktionieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gojang'i nada",
      "sense": "to fail to function",
      "word": "고장이 나다"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to fail to function",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nie działać"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne rabótatʹ",
      "sense": "to fail to function",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "не рабо́тать"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to fail to function",
      "word": "pallu gweithio"
    },
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      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
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      "word": "ǁʻàa"
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}

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