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Webster 1828 Edition


Mal

MAL

, or MALE, as a previx, in composition, denotes ill or veil, L. malus. [See Malady.]

Definition 2024


mål

mål

See also: maal and Appendix:Variations of "mal"

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔːl/, [ˈmɔˀl]
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

mål n (singular definite målet, plural indefinite mål)

  1. language
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

mål

  1. imperative of måle

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mál (size, measurement, time, meal) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔːl/, [ˈmɔˀl]
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

mål n (singular definite målet, plural indefinite mål)

  1. goal (something aspired to)
    Vores mål er at tredoble produktionen inden året er omme.
    Our goal is to triple production before the end of the year.
  2. (sports) goal (area, point, act)
    Møller scorede et mål ved at sparke bolden ind i målet, så nu fører hans hold med 3 mål.
    Møller scored a goal by kicking the ball into the goal, so now his team is ahead by 3 goals.
  3. measuring cup
Declension
Derived terms
  • læringsmål

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Some senses from Old Norse mál (language, speech, matter, affair) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą), and others from Old Norse mál (size, measurement, time, meal) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

Noun

mål n (definite singular målet, indefinite plural mål, definite plural måla or målene)

  1. aim, goal, purpose, target
  2. measure, measurement
  3. language, dialect
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

mål

  1. imperative of måle

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Some senses from Old Norse mál (language, speech, matter, affair) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą), and others from Old Norse mál (size, measurement, time, meal) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

Noun

mål n (definite singular målet, indefinite plural mål, definite plural måla)

  1. aim, goal, purpose, target
  2. measure, measurement
  3. language, dialect

Derived terms

References


Swedish

Etymology

Some senses from Old Norse mál (language, speech, matter, affair, case) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą), and others from Old Norse mál (size, measurement, time, meal) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːl/

Noun

mål n

  1. target; what one aims to hit
  2. (sports) finish; goal. Where a race ends
    Den som kommer i mål först, har vunnit
    Whoever reaches the goal first, is the winner
  3. (sports, such as soccer) goal; the place the players should attempt to put the ball in, in order to score
  4. (somewhat dated) language; dialect
  5. meal
  6. juridical case

Declension

See also