malle

Signification (Anglais)

large suitcase; trunk

Concepts

malle

coffre

valise

caisse

portemanteau

cantine

bahut

malette

cercueil

boîte

bagage

mallette

valoche

courrier

poste

boîte aux lettres

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/mal/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”). Cognate with Old High German malha, malaha (“leather bag”), Middle Dutch male (“trunk, travel bag”). More at mail.