French

Adjective

malade m, f ‎(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.

Noun

malade m, f ‎(plural malades)

1. An ill or sick person; a patient.
2. (informal) Somebody who is crazy; a nutcase.
   • 1996, Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, ISBN 2-89021-276-9, page 53:

     "Ciboire! Il a joui en l'étranglant! C'est un hostie de malade!." — What the ****! He came while strangling him. He's a damn nutcase!

Related terms

• garde-malade
• maladie

German

Etymology

From French malade

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːdə

Adjective

malade

1. ill, unwell, sick

Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

malade m, f

1. (Jersey) ill

Related terms

• maladie ‎(“illness”)

Old French

Adjective

malade m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular malade)

1. ill, unwell, sick

Descendants

• French: malade