malta

See also: Malta, Málta, Maltā, and mälta

English

Etymology

From Spanish malta, in turn from German Malzbier

Noun

malta (uncountable)

  1. A non-alcoholic carbonated malt beverage, popular in Latin America

See also

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

malta f

  1. mortar (mixture used for bonding bricks and stones)

Derived terms

  • maltový

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mal‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑltɑ]

Etymology 1

Noun

malta

  1. The Maltese language.
Usage notes
  • The Finnish usage is changing with respect to the Maltese. The preferred term has until recently been maltan kieli, but at least the European Union is using malta. The development is logical, since this is the normal way to form names of languages in Finnish.
  • See also usage notes under englanti
Declension
Inflection of malta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative malta —
genitive maltan —
partitive maltaa —
illative maltaan —
singular plural
nominative malta —
accusative nom. malta —
gen. maltan
genitive maltan —
partitive maltaa —
inessive maltassa —
elative maltasta —
illative maltaan —
adessive maltalla —
ablative maltalta —
allative maltalle —
essive maltana —
translative maltaksi —
instructive — —
abessive maltatta —
comitative — —
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

malta

  1. Indicative present connegative form of malttaa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of malttaa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of malttaa.

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French

Verb

malta

  1. third-person singular past historic of malter

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin maltha, from Ancient Greek μάλθα (máltha).

Noun

malta f (plural malte)

  1. mortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand, and water)

Verb

malta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of maltare
  2. second-person singular imperative of maltare

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to Malta.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mal‧ta
  • Rhymes: -awtɐ

Noun

malta f (plural maltas)

  1. (collective, pejorative) a group of troublemakers or vagabonds; rabble
    Synonyms: cambada, canalha, corja, choldra, patuleia, súcia
  2. (collective) crowd, group
    Synonyms: gente, multidão
    • 1899, Coelho Neto, “XIV”, in A Conquista:
      Todos os jornais abolicionistas anunciaram e, no dia aprazado, à tarde, um homem misterioso apareceu na redação para prevenir o intrépido jornalista: "que uma grande malta estava assalariada para invadir o teatro no momento em que o primeiro orador aparecesse na tribuna".
  3. farm workers, especially those working seasonally

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɫta/

Noun

malta f (genitive singular malty, nominative plural malty, genitive plural mált, declension pattern of žena)

  1. mortar

Declension

Derived terms

  • maltový

Further reading

  • malta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From English malt.

Noun

malta f (plural maltas)

  1. malt
  2. malta
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