name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   illness, affliction.

   "a grand mal seizure"

2. 2
   A longboard (type of surfboard).
3. 3
   A malleolus. informal

   "lateral mal"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A short form of given names such as Mallory, Malcolm etc.
2. 2
   A Mon-Khmer language of Laos and Thailand.

Synonyms

All synonyms

dys-mis-a-an-hypo-i-

Antonyms

All antonyms

eu-hyper-normo-

Example

More examples

"Malé is the capital of the Maldives."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mal (“illness”). Doublet of malus.

Etymology 2

Clipping of malibu.

Etymology 3

Clipping of malleolus.

Related phrases

grand mallateral malmal de mermal du Suissemedial malmini-malpetit malposterior malgiven name

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.