maltês

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See also: maltes, maltés, and maltès

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Malta (“Malta”) +‎ -ês (“-ese”).

Noun

maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)

  1. Maltese (inhabitant of Malta)
  2. (uncountable) Maltese (Semitic language of Malta)
  3. a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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Adjective

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  1. Maltese (of Malta)
  2. Maltese (of the Maltese language)
  3. (of a cat) whose fur is primarily blue or gray
  4. of or relating to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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Etymology 2

Malta (“group of itinerant workers or vagabonds”) +‎ -ês (“-ese”), from Malta (“Malta”).

Noun

maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)

  1. day labourer
  2. vagabond
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