"mal-" meaning in English

See mal- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

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

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for mal- meaning in English (3.6kB)

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