malar

See also: målar

English

Etymology

From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (jaw, cheek-bone).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɪlə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Adjective

malar (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the cheek.
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.

Translations

Noun

malar (plural malars)

  1. (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

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Anagrams


Icelandic

Noun

malar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

Verb

malar

  1. inflection of mala:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular present indicative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

malar m

  1. indefinite plural of mal

Verb

malar

  1. (non-standard since 2012) present of mala

Noun

malar m (definite singular malaren, indefinite plural malarar, definite plural malarane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of målar

Anagrams


Old Norse

Noun

malar

  1. genitive singular indefinite of mǫlr m
  2. genitive singular indefinite of mǫl f

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mala (cheek).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlaʁ/ [maˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maˈlaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maˈlaʁ/ [maˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlaɻ/

Noun

malar m (plural malares)

  1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma
    Synonyms: zigomático, zigoma

Hypernyms

Adjective

malar m or f (plural malares)

  1. (relational) cheekbone; zygoma

Romanian

Etymology

From French malaire.

Adjective

malar m or n (feminine singular malară, masculine plural malari, feminine and neuter plural malare)

  1. malar

Declension


Spanish

Adjective

malar (plural malares)

  1. malar

Further reading


Swedish

Noun

malar

  1. indefinite plural of mal.

Anagrams


Yagara

Noun

malar

  1. man

References

  • Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.
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