malus

Meaning

Adj

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) bad, evil, wicked, mischievous
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) destructive, hurtful, noxious, evil
5. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) unkind, hostile, abusive
6. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) associated with bad luck, unlucky, unfavourable, unfortunate, adverse, evil
7. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) poor in condition or capacity, inept

Noun

an apple tree; specifically, a plant in the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae.

Noun

1. (declension-2) a mast of a ship
2. (declension-2) a standard or pole to which the awnings spread over the theater were attached
3. (declension-2) the beam in the middle of a winepress
4. (declension-2) the corner beams of a tower

Concepts

bad

👎

apple tree

evil

poor

miserable

nasty

wrong

apple

🍎

mast

wicked

apple-tree

damageable

sick

🤢

slanderous

vicious

to choose

appletree

noyous

derogatory

damaging

Synonyms

phaulius

malum

arbor

🌳

mala

noxius

vulnerabilis

Translations

mau

👎

melo

mauvais

👎

böse

malo

👎

übel

👎

appelboom

κακός

pommier

manzano

slecht

👎

μηλιά

schlecht

👎

cattivo

👎

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈma.ɫʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *malos, related to Oscan mallom and mallud (“bad”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“false, bad”), cognate with Old Irish mell (“destruction”), Ancient Greek μέλεος (méleos, “idle, unhappy”), Lithuanian mẽlas (“lie”), and the first element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal- (“small”), in which case it would then be cognate with English small.
Earlier associated with Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”), but support for this is waning. Also compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “treacherous”) and Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirtiness, impurity”).