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mal

/mæl/

mal noun: illness, affliction.

Noun (1)

mal (plural mals)

  1. (only in set phrases) illness, affliction.
    • a grand mal seizure

Noun (2)

mal (plural mals)

  1. A longboard (type of surfboard).

Noun (3)

mal (plural mals)

  1. (informal) A malleolus.
    • lateral mal

Proper noun capitalized: Mal

Mal

  1. A short form of given names such as Mallory, Malcolm etc.
  2. A Mon-Khmer language of Laos and Thailand.

mal meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Punjabi

mal in Tamil

கடு, நாய், நோய்

mal in Bengali

ম্যাল

mal in Malayalam

മാൽ

mal in Punjabi

ਮਲ
More languagesFewer languages
mal in Gujarati
મલ
mal in Nepali
मल

Examples of mal in a sentence

  • Mal rider, shortboard or lid everyone surfs like a kook sometimes.
  • It is unparalleled for the mal de tête.” He jumped up and took her cup.
  • Mal said, “How you doing then?” “Me?

All 10 example sentences with mal

Forms of mal

pluralmals

Plural of mal: mals

Origin of mal

Borrowed from French mal (“illness”). Doublet of malus.

Clipping of malibu.

Clipping of malleolus.

Words formed from mal

Phrases with mal

Words that rhyme with mal

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about mal

What does mal mean?
Mal means illness, affliction.
What is mal in Tamil?
Mal in Tamil is கடு, நாய், நோய். See Mal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mal?
Mal can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mal?
Mal is pronounced /mæl/.
What is the plural of mal?
The plural of mal is mals.

Words near mal in the dictionary

  1. makuuchi
  2. makuuchi dohyo-iri
  3. makuuchi-kaku
  4. makwa
  5. Makynlee
  6. mal
  7. mal de mer
  8. mal du pays
  9. mal du siècle
  10. mal du Suisse
  11. mal mariée

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mal (page history and authors); Mal (page history and authors); mal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mal (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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