Portuguese

Alternative forms

• maltez (obsolete)

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

Synonyms

• (knight of the Order of Malta): hospitalário

Adjective

maltês m ‎(feminine singular 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. of of 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)

1. day labourer
2. vagabond

Synonyms

• (vagabond): andarilho, nômade, vagabundo, vagamundo

Related terms

• Malta
• malta