malar
See also: målar
English
Etymology
From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɪlə/
- Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Adjective
malar (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the cheek.
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
- Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to the cheek
Noun
malar (plural malars)
Translations
cheekbone — see cheekbone
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology 1
Noun
malar
- indefinite genitive singular of möl
Etymology 2
Verb
malar
- inflection of mala:
- second-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular present indicative
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
malar m
- indefinite plural of mal
Etymology 2
Verb
malar
- (non-standard since 2012) present of mala
Etymology 3
Noun
malar m (definite singular malaren, indefinite plural malarar, definite plural malarane)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of målar
Anagrams
Old Norse
Noun
malar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlaʁ/ [maˈlah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maˈlaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maˈlaʁ/ [maˈlaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈla.ɾi/
Noun
malar m (plural malares)
- (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma
- Synonyms: zigomático, zigoma
Hypernyms
Adjective
malar m or f (plural malares)
Related terms
- bochecha
- maçã do rosto
- pómelo
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
malar m or n (feminine singular malară, masculine plural malari, feminine and neuter plural malare)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | malar | malară | malari | malare | |||
| definite | malarul | malara | malarii | malarele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | malar | malare | malari | malare | |||
| definite | malarului | malarei | malarilor | malarelor | ||||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlaɾ/ [maˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧lar
Adjective
malar m or f (masculine and feminine plural malares)
Further reading
- “malar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Noun
malar
- indefinite plural of mal
Anagrams
Volapük
Noun
malar (nominative plural malars)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | malar | malars |
| genitive | malara | malaras |
| dative | malare | malares |
| accusative | malari | malaris |
| vocative 1 | o malar! | o malars! |
| predicative 2 | malaru | malarus |
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Yagara
Noun
malar
References
- Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.