different between malm vs malo

English

Etymology

From Middle English malme (“sand”), from Old English mealm (as in mealmst?n (“sandstone”)), from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”); related to Old Norse malmr (“ore, metal”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as meal.

Noun

malm (countable and uncountable, plural malms)

1. A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.
2. An artificial mixture or chalk, clay, and sand, from which bricks are made. The resulting bricks have a light brown or yellowish color.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malm/, [mal?m]

Noun

malm c (singular definite malmen, plural indefinite malme)

1. ore
2. bronze, brass

Inflection

German

Verb

malm

1. singular imperative of malmen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of malmen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr

Pronunciation

Noun

malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmer, definite plural malmene)

1. ore

Derived terms

• jernmalm
• uranmalm

References

• “malm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“sand, ore”). Doublet of malme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?lm/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

malm m (definite singular malmen, indefinite plural malmar, definite plural malmane)

1. (countable and uncountable) ore
2. (countable and uncountable) cast iron
3. (countable and uncountable) heartwood, especially of a conifer

   Synonyms: kjerneved, al, malme

Derived terms

References

• “malm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse malmr, from Proto-Germanic *malmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

malm

1. ore
2. (archaic) an alloy consisting of copper, zinc, lead and some tin
3. (archaic) the geological period of late Jurassic
4. (archaic) a hill or ridge consisting of sand or gravel
5. (regional) a field used by the military for exercise
6. (regional, Stockholm) an urban habituation area outside of the main city center

Declension

Descendants

• Finnish: malmi

Anagrams

• lamm

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of malolactic.

Noun

malo (uncountable)

1. (informal) malolactic fermentation

Etymology 2

Noun

malo (plural malos)

1. A Hawaiian loincloth.

Anagrams

• AMLO, LMAO, lmao, loam, loma, mola

Bariai

Noun

malo

1. cloth

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• mawo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma?lo

Noun

malo

1. (botany) the stamen

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish malo (“bad”).

Adjective

malo

1. bad; evil

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.?ó/

Noun

maló 6

1. place

Derived terms

• m'malo mwa

Dyula

Noun

malo

1. (uncooked) rice
2. (botany) rice plant, Oryza sativa

See also

• malobaga
• malob??r?
• maloforo
• malogosilan
• malokala
• malokini
• malokis?
• malos?n?la
• kini
• ????kini

Esperanto

Etymology

From mal- +? -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?malo/
• Hyphenation: mal?o
• Rhymes: -alo

Noun

malo (accusative singular malon, plural maloj, accusative plural malojn)

1. opposite

Galician

Alternative forms

• mal (masculine singular, before the noun)
• mao

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Adjective

malo m (feminine singular mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

Related terms

• mal

Gothic

Romanization

mal?

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Italian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.lo/
• Hyphenation: mà?lo
• Rhymes: -alo

Adjective

malo (feminine mala, masculine plural mali, feminine plural male)

1. (archaic) bad, evil, wicked

   Synonym: cattivo

   Antonym: buono

2. (archaic) unfit, incompetent, inadequate

Usage notes

In modern usage displaced by cattivo, but still used in some set phrases.

Derived terms

• malalingua

Related terms

Anagrams

• almo, mola

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish malo (“bad”).

Adjective

malo (Latin spelling)

1. bad

   Synonym: negro

Latin

Etymology 1

From magis +? vol?, literally "I more greatly wish for".

Alternative forms

• m?vol? (uncontracted form)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma?.lo?/, [?mä???o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.lo/, [?m??l?]

Verb

m?l? (present infinitive m?lle, perfect active m?lu?); irregular conjugation, irregular, no passive, no imperative

1. I prefer, want more or instead

Conjugation

Descendants

• Old French: maloir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of malus (“bad, evil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma.lo?/, [?mä??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.lo/, [?m??l?]

Adjective

mal?

1. masculine dative singular of malus
2. masculine ablative singular of malus
3. neuter dative singular of malus
4. neuter ablative singular of malus

Etymology 3

Inflected form of m?lus (“apple tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma?.lo?/, [?mä???o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.lo/, [?m??l?]

Noun

m?l?

1. dative singular of m?lus
2. ablative singular of m?lus

References

• malo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• malo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• malo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• malo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Samoan

Noun

malo

1. government

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâlo/
• Hyphenation: ma?lo

Adverb

m?lo (Cyrillic spelling ?????) (+ genitive case)

1. little, few, some
2. slightly, somewhat, vaguely (to a small but perceptible degree)
3. barely, hardly (anyone, anywhere)

Adjective

malo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of mal

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?malo]

Participle

malo

1. neuter singular l-participle of ma?

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mà?l?/
• Hyphenation: ma?lo

Adverb

málo (comparative m?nj, superlative n?jm?nj)

1. (countable) few
2. (uncountable) little
3. a little
4. hardly (anyone, anywhere)

Related terms

Further reading

• “malo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?malo/, [?ma.lo]

Adjective

malo (feminine mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

1. bad

   Antonym: bueno

2. evil, mean

   Antonym: bueno

3. sick

   Antonyms: aliviado, mejorado

Declension

• Comparative: peor
• Superlatives: malísimo, pésimo

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Chavacano: malo
• Papiamentu: malu
• ?? Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mölojti?c

Noun

malo m (plural malos, feminine mala, feminine plural malas)

1. bad guy; baddie; bad boy; bad person

Derived terms

• más lento que el caballo del malo

Venda

Numeral

malo

1. eight