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maali.

paint

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɑːli/[ˈmɑ̝ːli]

  1. paint

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Swedish māl (“paint”), from māla (“to paint”), itself borrowed from Middle Low German mâlen (“to paint”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlijaną (“to mark, stain, paint”).

noun/ˈmɑːli/[ˈmɑ̝ːli]

  1. target

  2. bogey (enemy aircraft)

  3. goal, aim, end

    figuratively

  4. goal

    tehdä maali

  5. finish (the location where a race ends)

  6. popinjay (target to shoot at, typically stuffed with feathers or plumage)

  7. ending (one of the different endings for a repeated section)

  8. touchdown

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Swedish māl (“measure, amount; sign”) (compare Swedish mål (“target; what one aims to hit”)), from both Old Norse mál (“language, speech”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą) and Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time”) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.