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malha.

mail (chainmail)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈma.ʎɐ/Brazil/ˈma.ʎɐ/Portugal
  1. mail (chainmail)

    feminine · uncountable
  2. mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)

    feminine
  3. network

    feminine
  4. knitting; knitwear

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French maille (“mesh, loop”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“smear, rub”). Compare the doublets mancha, mácula, mágoa, mangra, and maquis.

noun/ˈma.ʎɐ/Brazil/ˈma.ʎɐ/Portugal
  1. a stain on pelt

    feminine
  2. a section of terrain with a different colour than that surrounding it

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Compare the doublets mancha, malha, mácula, mágoa, and mangra.

noun/ˈma.ʎɐ/Brazil/ˈma.ʎɐ/Portugal
  1. a beating

    feminine
  2. a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground

    feminine
  3. a bop or a banger (good music)

    Portugal · feminine
Where this word comes from

From malhar (“to hammer; to beat”), from malho (“mallet; sledgehammer”), from Latin malleus (“hammer”).

verb/ˈma.ʎɐ/Brazil/ˈma.ʎɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of malhar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of malhar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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