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malayité
noun, feminine
Malayness
malayophone
adjective
Malayophone
malayophone
noun, masculine/feminine
Malayophone
malaysien
adjective
alternative spelling of malaisien; Of or from Malay-le-Grand
malbec
noun, masculine
malbec
malbeck
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of malbec
malbouffe
noun, feminine
junk food (food with little or no nutritional value)
malbrouc
noun, masculine
synonym of nuxie verticillée (Nuxia verticillata Lam.)
malbâti
noun, masculine
badly-built person
malchance
noun, feminine
mischance, misfortune, bad luck
malchanceux
adjective
unlucky; unfortunate
malcommode
adjective
inconvenient; impractical; insufferable; unbearable
malcontent
adjective
unhappy
maldisposition
noun, feminine
maldisposition
maldivien
adjective
Maldivian
maldonne
noun, feminine
misdeal; mistake, misunderstanding, misconception
malemort
noun, feminine
a cruel or horrible death
malencontre
noun, feminine
bad encounter; bad luck; misfortune
unfortunately (happening through bad luck)
malencontreux
adjective
of a person:; of a thing:
malentendant
adjective
hard of hearing, hearing-impaired
malentendant
noun, masculine
hearing-impaired person, person who is hard of hearing
malentendu
noun, masculine
misunderstanding
malepeste
interjection
An expression of surprise
do wrong
malfaisance
noun, feminine
wrongdoing
malfaisant
adjective
evil, harmful, malfeasant
malfaiteur
noun, masculine
malefactor; wrongdoer
malfamé
adjective
disreputable; infamous
malfaçon
noun, feminine
fault
malfaçonné
adjective
faulty
malformation
noun, feminine
malformation
malfortune
noun, feminine
misfortune
malfrat
noun, masculine
crook, outlaw, criminal
malgache
noun, masculine
Malagasy, the Malagasy language
malgache
adjective
of Madagascar; Malagasy
ungraciously
malgracieux
adjective
ungracious
malgré
preposition
despite, in spite of; against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest
malgré que
conjunction
despite that (even though; despite the fact that; although)
still; nevertheless; come what may; in spite of everything
malgré-nous
noun, masculine
someone forced into military service; Soldiers from Alsace and Lorraine forced into German military service during WWI and WWII
malhabile
adjective
clumsy
clumsily
malherbologie
noun, feminine
the science of weeds and their control
weed
weedily
malheur
noun, masculine
mishap, misfortune; sadness, unhappiness
unfortunately; sadly
malheureux
adjective
unhappy, miserable; poor; insignificant, trifling
deeply unhappy
malhonnête
adjective
dishonest, disingenuous
dishonestly
malhonnêteté
noun, feminine
dishonesty
mali
noun, masculine
Mali (language)
malice
noun, feminine
mischief; malice
maliciel
noun, masculine
malware (software developed to harm a computer system)
mischievously; maliciously
malicieux
adjective
mischievous; malicious
malicornais
adjective
of Malicorne-sur-Sarthe