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English

Etymology

From Latin malum.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mäl??m, IPA^(key): /?mæl.?m/

Noun

malum (plural malums)

1. (formal) An evil or wrongdoing.

Related terms

• mal
• malus

References

• malum at OneLook Dictionary Search
• malum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Mulam

Latin

Etymology 1

From malus (“evil, wicked”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

malum

1. inflection of malus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

malum n (genitive mal?); second declension

2. an evil, misfortune, calamity
3. harm, injury

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• French: mal
• ? English: malum

Interjection

malum

1. damn!, fuck!, alas!, misery!

Related terms

• mal?
• malus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Doric Greek ????? (mâlon, “apple”) as variant of ????? (mêlon).

Alternative forms

• *m?la, *m?lum (Vulgar Latin)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

m?lum n (genitive m?l?); second declension

2. apple (fruit)
3. the plant Aristolochia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• m?lum discordiae
• m?lum p?nicum

Related terms

• m?lus
• m?l?
• m?lopep?

Descendants

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ??????.

Adjective

malum (comparative daha malum, superlative en malum)

1. known, certain
2. (algebra, obsolete) known

Noun

malum (definite accusative malumu, plural malumlar)

1. (grammar, obsolete) active voice

Antonyms

• meçhul

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