malar

Etymology

From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪlə/
• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Adjective

malar (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the cheek.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.

Noun

malar (plural malars)

1. (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

Anagrams

• Lamar, Marla, alarm, marla, ramal

Noun

malar

1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

Noun

malar m

1. indefinite plural of mal

Verb

malar

1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of mala

Etymology

From Latin mala (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈlaɻ/

Noun

malar m (plural malares)

1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma

Adjective

malar (plural malares)

1. malar

Noun

malar

1. indefinite plural of mal