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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

malar (plural malars)

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

Translations

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/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈla.ɾi/

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

Borrowed from French malaire.

Adjective

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

  1. malar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlaɾ/ [maˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧lar

Adjective

malar m or f (masculine and feminine 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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