Mal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mal"

English

Proper noun

Mal

1. A short form of given names such as Mallory, Malcolm etc.

Anagrams

• ALM, AML, LAM, Lam, Lam., M.L.A., MLA, lam

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːl/
• Homophones: Mahl, mahl, mal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German māl, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mēlą. See also Mahl, from the same source. Cognate with obsolete English meal (“time, occasion”).

Noun

Mal n (genitive Mals or Males, plural Male or Mal)

1. time (as in the first time; many times)
2. occasion, case, occurrence

Derived terms

• allemal
• beidemal
• mehrmalig
• mehrmals
• niemals
• oftmal
• oftmalen
• oftmals
• vielmal
• vielmalen
• vielmals

 

• dreimalig
• einmalig
• zehnmalig
• zweimalig

 

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German meil.

Noun

Mal n (genitive Mals or Males, plural Male or Mäler)

1. mark, sign
2. mole (on skin)

Usage notes

• The plural form Mäler is less common.