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Malinois

[ˈmælɪnˌwɑː]

Malinois is the ellipsis of Belgian Malinois.

Meaning of Belgian Malinois

Noun

Belgian Malinois

  1. One of four variants of the Belgian Sheepdog.

Forms of Malinois

pluralMalinoises
pluralMalinois
alternative formmalinois

Origin of Malinois

From French Malines + -ois, Malines being the French name for the Flemish city Mechelen.

Phrases with Malinois

Questions about Malinois

What is Malinois the ellipsis of?
Malinois is the ellipsis of Belgian Malinois.
How do you pronounce Malinois?
Malinois is pronounced [ˈmælɪnˌwɑː].

Words near Malinois in the dictionary

  1. malingery
  2. Malingre
  3. Malini
  4. Malinke
  5. malinkoite
  6. Malinois
  7. Malinoises
  8. Malinoski
  9. Malinoskis
  10. Malinowski
  11. Malinowskian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Malinois (page history and authors); Belgian Malinois (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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