Male

See also: Appendix:Variations of "male"

English

Etymology 1

• As a Welsh surname, from the personal name Mael, from Middle Welsh mael (“prince”).
• As an English surname of Norman origin, contaminated from many Old French sources, such as mail (“hammer”), maille (“chainmail”), maille (“denier”), or esmal (“enamel”). Compare Mailer.
• Also as an English surname, from Middle English male (“bag, pouch”).
• Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from the source of male (“male, male adult”).
• Also as an English surname, from Middle English mele (“meal, flour”) (compare Millman) or from Old Norse melr (“sandhill”). Compare Meil.
• As a Slovene surname, from the adjective mal (“small, little”), from Proto-Slavic *malъ. Compare Mal, Mahle.
• As a Norwegian surname, from a farm in Romsdal derived from Old Norse mǫl (“layer of pebbles”). Also Americanized from Mæle, Mæhle, itself related to the Norse word melr.

Compare Mele.

Proper noun

Male

1. A surname.

Etymology 2

Noun

Male pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Maale.

Proper noun

Male

1. Alternative form of Maale.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Male

1. A Madang language of Papua New Guinea.

Anagrams

• Elma, mela, mela-, amel, leam, -meal, lame, lamé, Elam, Leam, meal, alme, Lema, lema

Czech

Alternative forms

• Malé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalɛ]

Proper noun

Male n (indeclinable, relational adjective maleský)

1. Malé (the capital of the Maldives)

Further reading

• “Male”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːlə

Noun

Male

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Mal

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.lɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alɛ
• Syllabification: Ma‧le

Proper noun

Male n (indeclinable, related adjective malejski)

1. Malé (the capital of the Maldives)

Derived terms

nouns

• malejczyk
• malejka

References

• Male in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal/

Proper noun

Male

1. Malta (a country in Europe)