"mal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mæl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mals [plural]
Rhymes: -æl Etymology: Borrowed from French mal (“illness”). Doublet of malus. Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|en|fr|borrowed|allow family=1|sort=}} French, {{str left|mal|1}} m, {{str left|mal|1}} m, {{m-lite|fr|mal||illness|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} mal (“illness”), {{bor-lite|en|fr|mal||illness}} French mal (“illness”), {{doublet|en|malus}} Doublet of malus Head templates: {{en-noun}} mal (plural mals)
  1. (only in set phrases) illness, affliction. Derived forms: grand mal [illness, medicine, sciences], petit mal [illness, medicine, sciences], mal de mer [illness, medicine, sciences], mal du Suisse [illness, medicine, sciences] Related terms: malfunction, malice, malicious, malum, malus, Mal
    Sense id: en-mal-en-noun-F29F~jrU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mæl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mals [plural]
Rhymes: -æl Etymology: Clipping of malibu. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|malibu}} Clipping of malibu Head templates: {{en-noun}} mal (plural mals)
  1. (surfing) A longboard (type of surfboard). Categories (topical): Surfing Derived forms: mini-mal
    Sense id: en-mal-en-noun-WDHE-stS Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /mæl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mals [plural]
Rhymes: -æl Etymology: Clipping of malleolus. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|malleolus}} Clipping of malleolus Head templates: {{en-noun}} mal (plural mals)
  1. (medicine, informal) A malleolus. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: lateral mal, medial mal, posterior mal Related terms: honi soit qui mal y pense, mal mariée, med mal
    Sense id: en-mal-en-noun-H6~nO6N7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 22 56 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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