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Webster 1913 Edition

Maltese

Mal-tese′

(ma̤l-tēs′ or ma̤l-tēz′)

rop.

Adj.

Of or pertaining to

Malta

or to its inhabitants.

–

Noun.

ing.

pl.

A native or inhabitant of Malta; the people of Malta.

Maltese cross

See Illust. 5, of

Cross

–

Maltese dog

(Zool.)

a breed of small terriers, having long silky white hair. The breed originated in Malta.

Definition 2024

Maltese

See also: maltese

English

Noun

Maltese ‎(plural Maltese)

(collectively) The inhabitants of Malta.
An inhabitant or a resident of Malta.
A small breed of dog with a long silky coat.

Translations

Maltese people collectively

Dutch: Maltezen (nl) pl
Finnish: maltalaiset
Latvian: maltieši m pl

Macedonian: Малтежани pl ‎(Maltéžani)
Portuguese: malteses m pl
Romanian: maltezi m pl

inhabitant of Malta

Arabic: مَالْطِيّ m ‎(malṭiyy), مَالْطِيَّة f ‎(malṭiyya)
Catalan: maltès m, maltesa f
Valencian: maltés m, maltesa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬耳他人 or 馬爾他人 (zh), 马耳他人 ‎(Mǎ'ěrtā-rén) or 马尔他人 (zh) ‎(Mǎ'ěrtā-rén)
Dutch: Maltees (nl) m, Maltese (nl) f
Esperanto: maltano (man or woman), maltanino (woman)
Finnish: maltalainen
French: Maltais (fr) m, Maltaise (fr) f
German: Malteser (de) m, Malteserin (de) f
Greek: Μαλτέζος (el) m, f ‎(Maltézos)
Irish: Máltach m
Japanese: マルタ人 ‎(Maruta-jin)

Latin: Melitensis
Latvian: maltietis m, maltiete f
Macedonian: Малтежанец m ‎(Maltéžanec), Малтежанка f ‎(Maltéžanka)
Maltese: Malti (mt) m, Maltija f, Maltin pl
Norwegian:

Bokmål: malteser m

Nynorsk: maltesar (nn) m
Polish: maltański (pl) m
Portuguese: maltês (pt)
Romanian: maltez (ro) m, malteză (ro) f
Russian: мальти́ец (ru) m ‎(malʹtíjec), мальти́йка (ru) f ‎(malʹtíjka)
Slovene: Maltežàn (sl) m, Maltežánka f
Spanish: maltés (es) m
Swedish: maltes (sv) c
Turkish: Maltalı (tr)

breed of dog

French: bichon maltais (fr) m

Romanian: bichon maltez m

Proper noun

Maltese

The Semitic language of Malta.

Translations

language of Malta

Arabic: اَلْمَالْطِيَّة f ‎(al-malṭiyya)
Armenian: մալթայերեն ‎(maltʿayeren)
Basque: maltera (eu)
Bengali:
Catalan: maltès m
Valencian: maltés m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬爾他語 (zh), 马耳他语 (zh) ‎(Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ)
Danish: maltesisk
Dutch: Maltees (nl) n
Finnish: malta (fi)
French: maltais (fr) m
German: Maltesisch (de) n
Greek: μαλτέζικα (el) n pl ‎(maltézika)
Irish: Máltais f
Italian: malti m
Japanese: マルタ語 (ja) ‎(Maruta-go)

Khmer: ម៉ាល់ត៍ (km) ‎(malt)
Korean: 몰타어 (ko) ‎(Molta-eo)
Latvian: maltiešu valoda f, maltiešu
Macedonian: малтешки m ‎(málteški)
Maltese: il-Malti
Norwegian:

Bokmål: maltesisk m

Nynorsk: maltesisk (nn) m
Polish: język maltański m
Portuguese: maltês (pt) m, maltês (pt) m
Romanian: malteză (ro) f
Russian: мальти́йский (ru) m ‎(malʹtíjskij)
Slovene: maltéščina (sl) f
Spanish: maltés (es)
Swedish: maltesiska (sv)
Thai: ภาษามอลตา ‎(paasăa mondtaa)
Turkish: Maltaca (tr)

External links

ISO 639-1 code mt, ISO 639-3 code mlt

Ethnologue entry for Maltese, mt

Adjective

Maltese ‎(not comparable)

Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.

Derived terms

Maltese dog
Malteseness

Translations

pertaining to Malta or its language

Arabic: مَالْطِيّ ‎(malṭiyy)
Catalan: maltès m, maltesa f
Valencian: maltés m, maltesa f
Chinese: 馬耳他的, 马耳他的 (Mǎěrtā de)
Dutch: Maltees (nl)
French: maltais (fr)
German: maltesisch (de)
Greek: μαλτέζικος (el) ‎(maltézikos)
Irish: Máltach
Italian: maltese (it)
Japanese: マルタの ‎(marutano)

Latin: Melitensis
Latvian: maltiešu, maltisks
Macedonian: малтешки m ‎(málteški)
Maltese: Malti (mt), il-Malti
Norwegian:

Bokmål: maltesisk

Nynorsk: maltesisk (nn)
Portuguese: maltês (pt)
Russian: мальти́йский (ru) ‎(malʹtíjskij) (mal’tíjskij)
Slovene: maltéški (sl)
Spanish: maltés (es) m

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

Maltese f ‎(plural Maltesen, diminutive Malteesje n, masculine Maltees)

A Maltese woman.

Related terms

Malta

Anagrams

Maltees, meestal

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /malˈteːzə/

Noun

Maltese m ‎(genitive Maltesen, plural Maltesen, feminine Maltesin)

person from Malta; Maltese

Declension

Declension of Maltese

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Maltese	die	Maltesen
genitive	eines	des	Maltesen	der	Maltesen
dative	einem	dem	Maltesen	den	Maltesen
accusative	einen	den	Maltesen	die	Maltesen

Synonyms

Malteser

maltese

See also: Maltese

Italian

Adjective

maltese m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural maltesi)

Maltese

Noun

maltese m, f ‎(plural maltesi)

Maltese

maltese m ‎(plural maltesi)

The Maltese language (singular only)
A Maltese coin from the 18th century
A Maltese breed of dog

Related terms

Malta

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Maltese

Mal-tese′

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Maltese

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maltese

maltese

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