malar

See also: målar

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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

• malar bone
• sphenomalar
• submalar
• temporomalar
• zygomaticomalar

Translations

pertaining to the cheek

Arabic: خَدِّيّ (ḵaddiyy), وَجْنِيّ (wajniyy) Catalan: jugal Italian: malare (it) Portuguese: jugal Turkish: yanaksal

Noun

malar (plural malars)

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

Translations

cheekbone — see cheekbone

Anagrams

• LRAAM, Lamar, Marla, alarm, marla, ramal

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

malar

1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

Etymology 2

Verb

malar

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

malar m

1. indefinite plural of mal

Etymology 2

Verb

malar

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

Etymology 3

Noun

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

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of målar

Anagrams

• larma

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]

• (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/

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

Noun

malar m (plural malares)

1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma

   Synonyms: zigomático, zigoma

Hypernyms

• osso

Adjective

malar m or f (plural malares)

1. (relational) cheekbone; zygoma

Related terms

• bochecha
• maçã do rosto
• pómelo

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

Declension of malar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	malar		malară		malari	malare
	definite	malarul		malara		malarii	malarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	malar		malare		malari	malare
	definite	malarului		malarei		malarilor	malarelor

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

• “malar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Noun

malar

1. indefinite plural of mal

Anagrams

• almar, larma, ramla

Volapük

Noun

malar (nominative plural malars)

1. malaria

Declension

Declension of malar

	singular	plural
nominative	malar	malars
genitive	malara	malaras
dative	malare	malares
accusative	malari	malaris
vocative 1	o malar!	o malars!
predicative 2	malaru	malarus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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.