maltês

See also: maltes, maltés, and maltès

Friulian

Adjective

maltês

1. Maltese

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• maltez (obsolete)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈte(j)s/ [maʊ̯ˈte(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈte(j)s/ [maʊ̯ˈte(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mawˈte(j)ʃ/ [maʊ̯ˈte(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /malˈteʃ/ [maɫˈteʃ]

• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Hyphenation: mal‧tês

Etymology 1

From Malta (“Malta”) +‎ -ês (“-ese”).

Noun

maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)

1. Maltese (inhabitant of Malta)
2. (uncountable) Maltese (Semitic language of Malta)
3. a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

   Synonym: hospitalário

Adjective

maltês (feminine maltesa, masculine plural malteses, feminine plural maltesas, not comparable)

1. Maltese (of Malta)
2. Maltese (of the Maltese language)
3. (of a cat) whose fur is primarily blue or gray
4. (relational) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

   Synonym: hospitalário

Derived terms

• gato maltês

Etymology 2

From malta (“group of itinerant workers or vagabonds”) +‎ -ês (“-ese”), from Malta (“Malta”).

Noun

maltês m (plural malteses, feminine maltesa, feminine plural maltesas)

1. day labourer
2. vagabond

   Synonyms: andarilho, nômade, vagabundo, vagamundo

Related terms

• Malta
• malta