different between mallee vs malle

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mali/
• (Australian, General American) IPA^(key): /?mæli/
• Hyphenation: mal?lee

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Wemba-Wemba mali; compare Woiwurrung mali.

Noun

mallee (plural mallees)

1. (Australia) A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia. [from 19th c.]
2. (Australia) Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation. [from 19th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, chapter 4, in Illywhacker, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, ?ISBN; republished Faber and Faber, 2003, ?ISBN, page 365:

     It made no difference that he had also invented several ploughs and a device for grubbing Mallee country or that people had journeyed all the way from Melbourne to inspect them.

3. (Australia) Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis. [from 19th c.]
4. (botany, Australia) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
   • 1978 June, Eliseo O. Mariani; Warren A. Wood; Paul C. Kouchoukos; Mary Beth Minton; Marelco, Inc., “Introduction” and “The Eucalypts”, in The Eucalyptus Energy Farm: Feasibility Study and Demonstration: Phase 1: Site and Species Selection (HCP/T2557-01), Washington, D.C.: Division of Solar Technology, Office of Energy Technology, United States Department of Energy, OCLC 4093594:

     [page 1-4, section 1.3] Of the many variations in form of the Eucalyptus (shrubs, mallees, trees, etc.), virtually all species being tested in the above category are those which exhibit good tree form (e.g., height, straightness of trunk, etc.).

     [page 2-1, section 2.2] Shrubby eucalypts are usually referred to as "mallees" although the term strictly applies to those species which have many stems growing from an enlarged rootstock (lignotuber).

Derived terms

• mallee bird, mallee fowl, malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
• mallee ringneck (Australian ringneck; Barnardius zonarius)
• mallee roller
• mallee soil

Etymology 2

See mali.

Noun

mallee (plural mallees)

2. (India, South Asia) Alternative spelling of mali (“a native gardener”).

Further reading

• mallee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mallee (habit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

mallee

1. vocative singular of malleus

English

Alternative forms

• maul, mall, mawle

Noun

malle (plural malles)

1. A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons (page 52)

     There is also an entry of two hundred Malles in a store house at Berwick.

Anagrams

• Amell, lamel

Danish

Etymology

From Low German malle, presumably corrupted from Middle Low German walre, itself related to hval.

Noun

malle c (singular definite mallen, plural indefinite maller)

1. catfish

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.l?/
• Hyphenation: mal?le
• Rhymes: -?l?

Adjective

malle

1. inflection of mal:
   1. indefinite masculine and feminine singular
   2. indefinite plural
   3. definite

Noun

malle m or f (plural mallen)

1. Someone who acts silly.

Estonian

Noun

malle

1. illative singular of male

French

Etymology

From Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malh? (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal/

Noun

malle f (plural malles)

1. large suitcase; trunk

Derived terms

• mallette
• se faire la malle

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: mala

Further reading

• “malle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• mal, mallo, manle, manlle

Etymology

From Latin manualis (“manual”); cognate with Portuguese mangual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?e?/

Noun

malle m (plural malles)

1. flail
2. handle of the flail

   Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca

3. hammer

References

• “malle” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “malle” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Verb

m?lle

1. present active infinitive of m?l?

Mapudungun

Noun

malle (using Unified Alphabet)

1. uncle

Old French

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, probably from Frankish *malhu (“leather bag”).

Noun

malle f (oblique plural malles, nominative singular malle, nominative plural malles)

1. large chest or trunk

Spanish

Verb

malle

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mallar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mallar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mallar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mallar.