malade

malade

See also: målade

French

FWOTD – 24 January 2021

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.lad/

• audio

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Adjective

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

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!"

Related terms

• garde-malade
• malade comme un chien
• malade de la gâchette
• maladie
• tomber malade

Further reading

• “malade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French malade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlaːdə/
• Rhymes: -aːdə

• Audio

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Adjective

malade (strong nominative masculine singular malader, not comparable)

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

Declension

Positive forms of malade (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist malade	sie ist malade	es ist malade	sie sind malade
strong declension (without article)	nominative	malader	malade	malades	malade
	genitive	maladen	malader	maladen	malader
	dative	maladem	malader	maladem	maladen
	accusative	maladen	malade	malades	malade
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der malade	die malade	das malade	die maladen
	genitive	des maladen	der maladen	des maladen	der maladen
	dative	dem maladen	der maladen	dem maladen	den maladen
	accusative	den maladen	die malade	das malade	die maladen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein malader	eine malade	ein malades	(keine) maladen
	genitive	eines maladen	einer maladen	eines maladen	(keiner) maladen
	dative	einem maladen	einer maladen	einem maladen	(keinen) maladen
	accusative	einen maladen	eine malade	ein malades	(keine) maladen

Further reading

• “malade” in Duden online
• “malade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Adjective

malade m or f

1. (Jersey) ill

Related terms

• maladie (“illness”)

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Old French

Adjective

malade m (oblique and nominative feminine singular malade)

1. ill, unwell, sick

Descendants

• French: malade