maltês
See also: maltes, maltés, and maltès
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- maltez (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maw.ˈte(j)s/, /maw.ˈte(j)ʃ/
Etymology 1
Malta (“Malta”) + -ês (“-ese”).
Noun
maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)
- Maltese (inhabitant of Malta)
- (uncountable) Maltese (Semitic language of Malta)
- a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Synonyms
- (knight of the Order of Malta): hospitalário
Adjective
maltês m (feminine singular maltesa, masculine plural malteses, feminine plural maltesas, not comparable)
- Maltese (of Malta)
- Maltese (of the Maltese language)
- (of a cat) whose fur is primarily blue or gray
- of or relating to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Synonyms
- (of the Order of Malta): hospitalário
Derived terms
- gato maltês
Etymology 2
Malta (“group of itinerant workers or vagabonds”) + -ês (“-ese”), from Malta (“Malta”).
Noun
maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)
- day labourer
- vagabond
Synonyms
- (vagabond): andarilho, nômade, vagabundo, vagamundo
Related terms
- Malta
- malta