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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)
Noun
malade m or f by sense (plural malades)
- an ill or sick person; a patient
- (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!"
- (colloquial) nut (extreme enthusiast)
Related terms
Further reading
- “malade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
malade (strong nominative masculine singular malader, not comparable)
- (colloquial, dated) ill, unwell, sick
Declension
Positive forms of malade (uncomparable)
Further reading
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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
Related terms
- maladie (“illness”)
Old French
Adjective
malade m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malade)
Descendants
- French: malade
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