malar

See also: målar

English

Etymology

From modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin malaris, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪlə/
• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Adjective

malar (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the cheek.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.

Translations

pertaining to the cheek

• Catalan: jugal
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

malar (plural malars)

1. (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

Translations

cheekbone — see cheekbone

Anagrams

• LRAAM, Lamar, Marla, alarm, marla, ramal

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

Etymology 2

Verb

1. inflection of mala:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person singular present indicative

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

malar m

1. indefinite plural of mal

Verb

malar

1. (non-standard since 2012) (deprecated template usage) present of mala

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mala (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈlaɻ/

Noun

malar m (plural es)

1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma

Synonyms

• zigomático, zigoma

Hypernyms

• osso

Related terms

• bochecha
• maçã do rosto
• pómelo

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Spanish

Adjective

malar m or f (masculine and feminine plural malares)

1. malar

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Swedish

Noun

malar

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of mal

Anagrams

• almar, ramla

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Yagara

Noun

malar

1. man

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.