Maltese

See also: maltese

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē)bor.

Latin Melitabor.

Arabic مَالْطَا (mālṭā)

Maltese Maltabor.

Italian Maltabor.

English Malta

Proto-Indo-European *-iskos

Proto-Germanic *-iskaz

Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.

Late Latin -iscus

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Vulgar Latin -iscus

Latin -ēnsis

Old French -eisbor.

Middle English -eys

English -ese

English Maltese

From Malta + -ese.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑlˈtiz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒlˈtiːz/, /mɔːlˈtiːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Maltese (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.

Derived terms

• Maltese Archipelago
• Maltese cat
• Maltese cross
• Maltese dog
• Malteseness

Translations

pertaining to Malta or its language

• Afrikaans: Maltees (af), Maltesies
• Arabic: مَالْطِيّ (mālṭiyy)
• Asturian: maltés (ast)
• Belarusian: мальты́йскі (malʹtýjski)
• Bulgarian: мальти́йски (malʹtíjski)
• Catalan: maltès (ca)

  Valencian: maltés (ca)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬耳他的 / 马耳他的 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtā de)

• Czech: maltský (cs)
• Dutch: Maltees (nl)
• Finnish: maltalainen (fi), maltankielinen (of or pertaining to Maltese language)
• French: maltais (fr)
• Galician: maltés (gl)
• Georgian: მალტური (malṭuri)
• German: maltesisch (de)
• Greek: μαλτέζικος (el) (maltézikos)

  Ancient Greek: Μελιταῖος (Melitaîos)

• Irish: Máltach
• Italian: maltese (it)
• Japanese: マルタの (ja) (Maruta no)
• Korean: 몰타의 (ko) (Molta-ui)
• Latin: Melitēnsis, Maltēnsis (Mediaeval, New Latin); Melitēsius (pertaining to Malta)
• Latvian: maltiešu, maltisks
• Macedonian: малтешки (malteški)
• Maltese: (il-)Malti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maltesisk

  Nynorsk: maltesisk (nn)

• Pannonian Rusyn: малтежски (maltežski)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: مالْتی (mâlti)

• Polish: maltański (pl)
• Portuguese: maltês (pt)
• Russian: мальти́йский (ru) (malʹtíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: малтешки

  Latin: malteški (sh)

• Slovene: maltéški (sl)
• Spanish: maltés (es)
• Tajik: малтӣ (malti)
• Ukrainian: мальті́йський (malʹtíjsʹkyj)
• Urdu: مالْٹی (mālṭī)

Noun

Maltese (plural Maltese or Malteses)

1. (chiefly in the plural, plural "Maltese") An inhabitant or a resident of Malta.
2. (plural "Malteses") A small breed of dog with a long silky coat.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Maltese", "writing about Maltese cuisine as a Maltese") is now uncommon and often taken as grammatically incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Maltese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Maltese cuisine as a Maltese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only primarily used as an adjective or as a plural noun.

Derived terms

• Maltese English
• Maltese starthistle

Translations

Maltese people collectively: plural

• Afrikaans: Maltese pl, Maltesiërs pl
• Dutch: Maltezen (nl) pl
• Estonian: maltalased
• Finnish: maltalaiset
• Georgian: მალტელები (malṭelebi)
• German: Malteser (de) m pl
• Latvian: maltieši m pl
• Macedonian: Малтежани pl (Maltežani)
• Portuguese: malteses m pl
• Romanian: maltezi m pl
• Spanish: malteses (es) m pl

inhabitant of Malta

• Afrikaans: Maltees (af), Maltesiër, Malteser
• Albanian: maltez m
• Arabic: مَالْطِيّ m (mālṭiyy), مَالْطِيَّة f (mālṭiyya)
• Asturian: maltés (ast) m, maltesa (ast) f
• Belarusian: мальты́ец m (malʹtýjec), мальты́йка f (malʹtýjka)
• Bulgarian: малти́ец m (maltíec), малти́йка f (maltíjka)
• Catalan: maltès (ca) m, maltesa (ca) f

  Valencian: maltés (ca) m, maltesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬耳他人 / 马耳他人 (mǎ'ěrtārén), 馬爾他人 / 马尔他人 (zh) (mǎ'ěrtārén)

• Czech: Malťan (cs) m, Malťanka (cs) f
• Danish: malteser c
• Dutch: Maltees (nl) m, Maltese (nl) f, Maltezer (nl) m
• Esperanto: maltano (man or woman), maltanino (woman)
• Estonian: maltalane
• Finnish: maltalainen (fi)
• French: Maltais (fr) m, Maltaise (fr) f
• Galician: maltés (gl) m
• Georgian: მალტელი (malṭeli)
• German: Malteser (de) m, Maltese (de) m; Malteserin (de) f (female)
• Greek: Μαλτέζος (el) m or f (Maltézos)
• Icelandic: Maltverji m, Möltumaður m, Möltubúi m
• Irish: Máltach m
• Japanese: マルタ人 (マルタじん, Marutajin)
• Korean: 몰타인 (moltain), 몰타 사람 (molta saram)
• Ladino: maltez
• Latin: Melitensis
• Latvian: maltietis m, maltiete f
• Macedonian: Малтежанец m (Maltežanec), Малтежанка f (Maltežanka)
• Maltese: Malti (mt) m, Maltija f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: malteser m

  Nynorsk: maltesar (nn) m

• Pannonian Rusyn: Малтежан m (Maltežan), Малтежанка f (Maltežanka)
• Polish: Maltańczyk (pl) m, Maltanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: maltês (pt)
• Romanian: maltez (ro) m, malteză (ro) f
• Russian: мальти́ец (ru) m (malʹtíjec), мальти́йка (ru) f (malʹtíjka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Малтежанин m, Малтежанка f

  Latin: Maltežanin (sh) m, Maltežanka f

• Slovak: Malťan m, Malťanka f
• Slovene: Maltežàn (sl) m, Maltežánka f
• Spanish: maltés (es) m
• Swedish: maltes (sv) c, maltesare (sv) c
• Turkish: Maltalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: мальті́єць m (malʹtíjecʹ), мальті́йка f (malʹtíjka)

breed of dog

• Afrikaans: Maltees (af), Malteser
• Dutch: maltezer (nl) m
• Finnish: maltankoira (fi)
• French: bichon maltais (fr) m
• German: Malteser (de)
• Japanese: マルチーズ (Maruchīzu)
• Korean: 몰티즈 (ko) (moltijeu), 말티즈 (ko) (maltijeu)
• Polish: maltańczyk (pl) m
• Romanian: bichon maltez m
• Spanish: bichón maltés m
• Vietnamese: maltese (vi), chó Malta

Proper noun

Maltese

1. The Semitic language of Malta.

Translations

language of Malta

• Afrikaans: Maltees (af)
• Arabic: الْمَالْطِيَّة f (al-mālṭiyya)
• Armenian: մալթայերեն (maltʻayeren)
• Asturian: maltés (ast)
• Basque: maltera (eu)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: maltès (ca) m

  Valencian: maltés (ca) m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬爾他語 / 马尔他语 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ), 馬耳他語 / 马耳他语 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ)

• Czech: maltština f
• Danish: maltesisk
• Dutch: Maltees (nl) n
• Finnish: malta (fi)
• French: maltais (fr) m
• Georgian: მალტური (malṭuri), მალტური ენა (malṭuri ena)
• German: Maltesisch (de) n
• Greek: μαλτέζικα (el) n pl (maltézika)
• Icelandic: maltneska (is) f
• Irish: Máltais f
• Italian: maltese (it) m, malti (it) m (rare)
• Japanese: マルタ語 (ja) (マルタご, Marutago)
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់ត៍ (km) (malt)
• Korean: 몰타어 (ko) (molta'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: maltayî (ku) f, maltî f

• Latvian: maltiešu valoda f, maltiešu
• Macedonian: малтешки m (malteški)
• Maltese: il-Malti (mt) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maltesisk m

  Nynorsk: maltesisk (nn) m

• Pannonian Rusyn: малтежски m (maltežski)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: زَبانِ مالْتی (zabân-e mâlti), مالْتی (mâlti)

• Polish: (język) maltański m
• Portuguese: maltês (pt) m, maltês (pt) m
• Romanian: malteză (ro) f
• Russian: мальти́йский (ru) m (malʹtíjskij)
• Slovene: maltéščina (sl) f
• Spanish: maltés (es) m
• Swahili: Kimalta
• Swedish: maltesiska (sv) c
• Tajik: забони малтӣ (zabon-i malti), малтӣ (malti)
• Thai: ภาษามอลตา (paa-sǎa mɔl-dtâa)
• Turkish: Maltaca (tr)
• Ukrainian: мальті́йська мо́ва f (malʹtíjsʹka móva), мальті́йська (uk) f (malʹtíjsʹka)
• Urdu: مالْٹی زَبان f (mālṭī zabān), مالْٹی f (mālṭī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Malta
• Welsh: Malteg f

See also

• Appendix:Maltese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Maltese

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code mt, ISO 639-3 code mlt (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Maltese, mlt ⁠

Afrikaans

Adjective

Maltese

1. attributive form of Maltees

Noun

Maltese

1. plural of Maltees

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Maltese f (plural Maltesen, diminutive Malteesje n, masculine Maltees)

1. a Maltese woman

Related terms

• Malta

Anagrams

• Maltees, meestal

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈteːzə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Maltese m (weak, genitive Maltesen, plural Maltesen, feminine Maltesin)

1. person from Malta; Maltese

   Synonym: Malteser

Declension

Declension of Maltese [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Maltese	die	Maltesen
genitive	eines	des	Maltesen	der	Maltesen
dative	einem	dem	Maltesen	den	Maltesen
accusative	einen	den	Maltesen	die	Maltesen

Further reading

• “Maltese” in Duden online
• “Maltese”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Maltese m or f by sense

1. a surname