Maltese
/mɒlˈtiːz/US/mɑlˈtiz/
Maltese adjective: of or pertaining to Malta or its language.
Adjective
Maltese (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.
Noun
Maltese (plural Maltese or Malteses)
Proper noun
Maltese
Maltese meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic
Maltese in Hindi
- माल्टी
Maltese in Urdu
- pertaining to Malta or its language
- مالْٹی mālṭī
- language of Malta
- مالْٹی زَبان mālṭī zabān, مالْٹی mālṭī
Maltese in Bengali
- মাল্টীয়
Maltese in Arabic
- pertaining to Malta or its language
- مَالْطِيّ mālṭiyy
- inhabitant of Malta
- مَالْطِيّ mālṭiyy, مَالْطِيَّة mālṭiyya
- language of Malta
- الْمَالْطِيَّة al-mālṭiyya
More languagesFewer languages
- Maltese in Thai
- ภาษามอลตา paa-sǎa mɔl-dtâa
- Maltese in Vietnamese
- maltese, chó Malta, tiếng Malta
Forms of Maltese
| plural | Maltese |
|---|---|
| plural | Malteses |
Origin of Maltese
From Malta + -ese.
Words formed from Maltese
Phrases with Maltese
Words that rhyme with Maltese
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- wheeze
- Cantonese
- chemise
- miner's disease
- trapeze
- Congolese
- dees
- disease
- displease
- frieze
- Japanese
- Keyes
- leese
- overseas
- pease
- please
- Portuguese
- sneeze
- tweeze
- appease
- bes
- bez
- blue cheese
- botanese
- Burmese
- expertise
- fries
- greeze
- Guyanese
- he's
- Javanese
- keys
- legalese
- Louise
- Ningbonese
- octopodes
- Pekingese
- Shanghainese
- she's
- Sinhalese
- Socrates
- tees
- Versaillese
- Viennese
- Vietnamese
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- academese
- agrees
Questions about Maltese
- What does Maltese mean?
- Maltese means of or pertaining to Malta or its language.
- What is Maltese in Hindi?
- Maltese in Hindi is माल्टी. See Maltese meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Maltese?
- Maltese can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Maltese?
- Maltese is pronounced /mɑlˈtiz/ (US).
Words near Maltese in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Maltese (page history and authors); Maltese (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Maltese (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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