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Webster 1913 Edition

malar

ma′lar

,
Noun.
(Anat.)
The cheek bone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit; that arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek; also called the
malar bone
.

Syn. – cheekbone, zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum.

Webster 1828 Edition

Malar

MA'LAR

,
Adj.
[L. mala, the cheek.] Pertaining to the cheek.

Definition 2025

malar

malar

See also: målar

English

Adjective

malar ‎(not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the cheek.
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.

Translations

Noun

malar ‎(plural malars)

  1. (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

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Icelandic

Noun

malar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

malar m

  1. indefinite plural of mal

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mala ‎(“cheek”).

Pronunciation

Noun

malar m (plural malares)

  1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma

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Swedish

Noun

malar

  1. indefinite plural of mal

Etymology

From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala ‎(“jaw, cheek-bone”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeɪlə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

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