Malays
UK/məˈleɪz//məˈleɪz/
Malays is the plural of Malay.
Meaning of Malay
Noun
Malay (countable and uncountable, plural Malays)
- A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
- Synonyms:
- Bahasa, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia
- Type of mild curry made with yoghurt and fruit, usually pineapple or lychee.
- She ordered chicken Malay with rice.
Words formed from Malays
Phrases with Malays
Words that rhyme with Malays
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amaze
- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
Questions about Malays
- What is Malays the plural of?
- Malays is the plural of Malay.
- How do you pronounce Malays?
- Malays is pronounced /məˈleɪz/ (UK).
Words near Malays in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Malays (page history and authors); Malay (page history and authors). 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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