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malade

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See also: målade

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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.
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Descendants

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  • Haitian Creole: malad

Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from French malade.

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    malade (strong nominative masculine singular malader, not comparable)

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

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    Further reading

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    • malade” in Duden online
    • malade”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

    Norman

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    Etymology

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

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    malade m or f

    1. (Jersey) ill
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    Old French

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    Adjective

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    malade m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malade)

    1. ill, unwell, sick

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