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malade

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See also: målade

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French malade, from Old French malade, from Latin male habitus (ill-kept, not in good condition).

Pronunciation

Adjective

malade (plural malades)

  1. ill, unwell, sick
    Elle est si malade qu’elle ne peut pas venir.
    She is so ill that she cannot come.
  2. (informal) Mentally disturbed; crazy; nuts; mental
    Synonyms: taré, cinglé, fou

Noun

malade m or f by sense (plural malades)

  1. an ill or sick person; a patient
  2. (informal) someone who is crazy; a nutcase
    • 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, →ISBN, page 53:
      "Ciboire! Il a joui en l'étranglant! C'est un hostie de malade!."
      "What the hell! He came while strangling him. He's a damn nutcase!"
  3. (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast)
    Synonyms: fou m, folle f
    C'est un malade de cinéma.He's a cinema nut.

Further reading

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French malade.

Pronunciation

Adjective

malade (strong nominative masculine singular malader, not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, dated) ill, unwell, sick

Declension

Further reading

  • malade” in Duden online
  • malade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Norman

Etymology

From Old French malade, from Latin male habitus (ill-kept, not in good condition).

Pronunciation

Adjective

malade m or f

  1. (Jersey) ill

Old French

Adjective

malade m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malade)

  1. ill, unwell, sick

Descendants

  • French: malade

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