mal-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mal"

English

Etymology

From Old French mal- from the Latin adverb male, from malus.

Prefix

mal-

  1. bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
  2. not

Derived terms

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See also

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French mal- in its secondary sense of denoting the opposite.

Prefix

mal-

  1. denotes opposites, usually having worse meaning than their roots
    e.g. mal- + ‎alta (“high”) → ‎malalta (“low”).

Derived terms

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French

Etymology

From Middle French mal-, from Old French mal-, from mal (“bad; badly”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mal/

Prefix

mal-

  1. badly; wrongly
    mal- + ‎faisant → ‎malfaisant (“harmful”)
  2. denotes the opposite of the unprefixed form

Derived terms

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Italian

Prefix

mal-

  1. bad; badly

Derived terms

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Old French

Alternative forms

Prefix

mal-

  1. bad; badly

Synonyms

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