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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mal"
Englisch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French mal- from the Latin adverb male, from malus.
Prefix
[edit]mal-
- bad, badly
- Synonym: mis-
- unintentional, mistaken, accidental
- Synonym: mis-
- not
Derived terms
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mal.
Prefix
[edit]mal-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mal-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mal- in its secondary sense of denoting the opposite.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mal-
- denotes opposites
Usage notes
[edit]- Speakers of languages where words similar to mal- have meanings related to badness or evil should remember that mal- indicates solely the antonym, with no pejorative value. Affixes with pejorative connotations include mis- (“wrongly, incorrectly, poorly”), fi- (“shameful”), and -aĉ- (“inferior in quality, contemptible”).
- Despite the availability of mal-, many words denoting opposites are available; for example malgranda and eta (“small”), or malgaja and trista (“sad”). Some of these are poetic or rare, but others have passed into more or less common use. Mal- may and often is still used to produce the opposite, though in certain cases it might have a slightly different connotation; e.g. malpaco (“turmoil, strife”) vs. milito (“war”).
- When it is necessary to distinguish between the contrary of a sense and the absence of it, the latter may be indicated with ne- (“not”) or sen- (“without”). For example, malamiko (“enemy”) contrasts with neamiko "non-friend" (e.g. a stranger or acquaintance).
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French mal-, from Old French mal-, from mal (“bad; badly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mal-
- badly; wrongly
- mal- + faisant → malfaisant (“harmful”)
- denotes the opposite of the unprefixed form
Derived terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mal-
Derived terms
[edit]Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]mal-
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
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[edit]Prefix
[edit]mal-
Synonyms
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[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin male (“badly”).
Prefix
[edit]mal-
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mal-
Derived terms
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