mal
Meaning
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- trouble, difficulty
- pain
- evil
- damage, harm
Concepts
illnes
not properly
difficult time
don’t
Synonyms
peu bien
mal de Sainte-Marie
mal poli
arrache-pied
mauvais mauvaise
pas bien
non-
gale sarcoptique
sainte-marie
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mal/
Etymology
From Old French mal, from Latin malus, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“bad, wrong”). Near cognates include Portuguese mal, Italian male and Spanish malo.
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