malle

See also Malle

English

Alternative forms

• maul, mall, and mawle.

Noun

malle (plural malles)

1. A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
   • 1786: The is also an entry of two hundred Malles in a store house at Berwick. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), of Germanic origin, from Old Low Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”). Cognate with Old High German malha, malaha (“leather bag”), Middle Dutch male (“trunk, travel bag”). More at mail.

Pronunciation

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Noun

malle f. (plural malles)

1. large suitcase; trunk

   Sors tes habits de la malle et range-les dans l'armoire !

   Take your clothes out of the suitcase and put them away in the cupboard!

Derived terms

• mallette

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Latin

Verb

mālle

1. present active infinitive of mālō

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Mapudungun

Noun

malle (using Unified Alphabet)

1. uncle

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Old French

Noun

malle f. (oblique plural malles, nominative singular malle, nominative plural malles)

1. large chest or trunk