Maltese

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• General-American: /mɑlˈtiz/
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• UK: /mɒlˈtiːz/
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• UK: /mɔːlˈtiːz/
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• rhymes with -iːz
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• CMU ARPABET: M AO0 L T IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē)bor. Latin Melitabor. Arabic مَالْطَا (mālṭā) Maltese Maltabor. Italian Maltabor. English Malta Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Maltese From Malta + -ese.

189 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Maltees — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Afrikaans: Maltesies — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Arabic: مَالْطِيّ (mālṭiyy) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Asturian: maltés — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Belarusian: мальты́йскі (malʹtýjski) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Bulgarian: мальти́йски (malʹtíjski) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Catalan: maltès — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Catalan: maltés — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬耳他的 /马耳他的 (Mǎ'ěrtā de) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Czech: maltský — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Dutch: Maltees — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Finnish: maltalainen — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Finnish: maltankielinen — pertaining to Malta or its language
• French: maltais — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Galician: maltés — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Georgian: მალტური (malṭuri) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• German: maltesisch — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Greek: μαλτέζικος (maltézikos) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Ancient Greek: Μελιταῖος (Melitaîos) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Irish: Máltach — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Italian: maltese — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Japanese: マルタの (Maruta no) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Korean: 몰타의 (Molta-ui) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Latin: Melitēnsis — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Latin: Maltēnsis — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Latin: Melitēsius — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Latvian: maltiešu — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Latvian: maltisks — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Macedonian: малтешки (malteški) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Maltese: (il-)Malti — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Norwegian Bokmål: maltesisk — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Norwegian Nynorsk: maltesisk — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Pannonian Rusyn: малтежски (maltežski) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Polish: maltański — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Portuguese: maltês — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Russian: мальти́йский (malʹtíjskij) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Serbo-Croatian: малтешки — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Serbo-Croatian: malteški — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Slovene: maltéški — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Spanish: maltés — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Ukrainian: мальті́йський (malʹtíjsʹkyj) — pertaining to Malta or its language
• Afrikaans: Maltees — language of Malta
• Arabic: الْمَالْطِيَّة (al-mālṭiyya) — language of Malta
• Armenian: մալթայերեն (maltʻayeren) — language of Malta
• Asturian: maltés — language of Malta
• Basque: maltera — language of Malta
• Catalan: maltès — language of Malta
• Catalan: maltés — language of Malta
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬爾他語 /马尔他语 (Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ) — language of Malta
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬耳他語 /马耳他语 (Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ) — language of Malta
• Czech: maltština — language of Malta
• Danish: maltesisk — language of Malta
• Dutch: Maltees — language of Malta
• Finnish: malta — language of Malta
• French: maltais — language of Malta
• Georgian: მალტური (malṭuri) — language of Malta
• Georgian: მალტური ენა (malṭuri ena) — language of Malta
• German: Maltesisch — language of Malta
• Greek: μαλτέζικα (maltézika) — language of Malta
• Icelandic: maltneska — language of Malta
• Irish: Máltais — language of Malta
• Italian: maltese — language of Malta
• Italian: malti — language of Malta
• Japanese: マルタ語 (Marutago) — language of Malta
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់ត៍ (malt) — language of Malta
• Korean: 몰타어 (molta'eo) — language of Malta
• Northern Kurdish: maltayî — language of Malta
• Northern Kurdish: maltî — language of Malta
• Latvian: maltiešu valoda — language of Malta
• Latvian: maltiešu — language of Malta
• Macedonian: малтешки (malteški) — language of Malta
• Maltese: il-Malti — language of Malta
• Norwegian Bokmål: maltesisk — language of Malta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: maltesisk — language of Malta
• Pannonian Rusyn: малтежски (maltežski) — language of Malta
• Polish: (język) maltański — language of Malta
• Portuguese: maltês — language of Malta
• Romanian: malteză — language of Malta
• Russian: мальти́йский (malʹtíjskij) — language of Malta
• Slovene: maltéščina — language of Malta
• Spanish: maltés — language of Malta
• Swahili: Kimalta — language of Malta
• Swedish: maltesiska — language of Malta
• Thai: ภาษามอลตา (paasăa mondtaa) — language of Malta
• Turkish: Maltaca — language of Malta
• Vietnamese: tiếng Malta — language of Malta
• Welsh: Malteg — language of Malta
• Afrikaans: Maltese — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Afrikaans: Maltesiërs — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Dutch: Maltezen — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Estonian: maltalased — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Finnish: maltalaiset — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Georgian: მალტელები (malṭelebi) — Maltese people collectively: plural
• German: Malteser — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Latvian: maltieši — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Macedonian: Малтежани (Maltežani) — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Portuguese: malteses — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Romanian: maltezi — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Spanish: malteses — Maltese people collectively: plural
• Afrikaans: Maltees — inhabitant of Malta
• Afrikaans: Maltesiër — inhabitant of Malta
• Afrikaans: Malteser — inhabitant of Malta
• Albanian: maltez — inhabitant of Malta
• Arabic: مَالْطِيّ (mālṭiyy) — inhabitant of Malta
• Arabic: مَالْطِيَّة (mālṭiyya) — inhabitant of Malta
• Asturian: maltés — inhabitant of Malta
• Asturian: maltesa — inhabitant of Malta
• Belarusian: мальты́ец (malʹtýjec) — inhabitant of Malta
• Belarusian: мальты́йка (malʹtýjka) — inhabitant of Malta
• Bulgarian: малти́ец (maltíec) — inhabitant of Malta
• Bulgarian: малти́йка (maltíjka) — inhabitant of Malta
• Catalan: maltès — inhabitant of Malta
• Catalan: maltesa — inhabitant of Malta
• Catalan: maltés — inhabitant of Malta
• Catalan: maltesa — inhabitant of Malta
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬耳他人 /马耳他人 (mǎ'ěrtārén) — inhabitant of Malta
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬爾他人 /马尔他人 (mǎ'ěrtārén) — inhabitant of Malta
• Czech: Malťan — inhabitant of Malta
• Czech: Malťanka — inhabitant of Malta
• Danish: malteser — inhabitant of Malta
• Dutch: Maltees — inhabitant of Malta
• Dutch: Maltese — inhabitant of Malta
• Dutch: Maltezer — inhabitant of Malta
• Esperanto: maltano — inhabitant of Malta
• Esperanto: maltanino — inhabitant of Malta
• Estonian: maltalane — inhabitant of Malta
• Finnish: maltalainen — inhabitant of Malta
• French: Maltais — inhabitant of Malta
• French: Maltaise — inhabitant of Malta
• Galician: maltés — inhabitant of Malta
• Georgian: მალტელი (malṭeli) — inhabitant of Malta
• German: Malteser — inhabitant of Malta
• German: Maltese — inhabitant of Malta
• German: Malteserin — inhabitant of Malta
• Greek: Μαλτέζος (Maltézos) — inhabitant of Malta
• Icelandic: Maltverji — inhabitant of Malta
• Icelandic: Möltumaður — inhabitant of Malta
• Icelandic: Möltubúi — inhabitant of Malta
• Irish: Máltach — inhabitant of Malta
• Japanese: マルタ人 (Marutajin) — inhabitant of Malta
• Korean: 몰타인 (moltain) — inhabitant of Malta
• Korean: 몰타 사람 (molta saram) — inhabitant of Malta
• Ladino: maltez — inhabitant of Malta
• Latin: Melitensis — inhabitant of Malta
• Latvian: maltietis — inhabitant of Malta
• Latvian: maltiete — inhabitant of Malta
• Macedonian: Малтежанец (Maltežanec) — inhabitant of Malta
• Macedonian: Малтежанка (Maltežanka) — inhabitant of Malta
• Maltese: Malti — inhabitant of Malta
• Maltese: Maltija — inhabitant of Malta
• Norwegian Bokmål: malteser — inhabitant of Malta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: maltesar — inhabitant of Malta
• Pannonian Rusyn: Малтежан (Maltežan) — inhabitant of Malta
• Pannonian Rusyn: Малтежанка (Maltežanka) — inhabitant of Malta
• Polish: Maltańczyk — inhabitant of Malta
• Polish: Maltanka — inhabitant of Malta
• Portuguese: maltês — inhabitant of Malta
• Romanian: maltez — inhabitant of Malta
• Romanian: malteză — inhabitant of Malta
• Russian: мальти́ец (malʹtíjec) — inhabitant of Malta
• Russian: мальти́йка (malʹtíjka) — inhabitant of Malta
• Serbo-Croatian: Малтежанин — inhabitant of Malta
• Serbo-Croatian: Малтежанка — inhabitant of Malta
• Serbo-Croatian: Maltežanin — inhabitant of Malta
• Serbo-Croatian: Maltežanka — inhabitant of Malta
• Slovak: Malťan — inhabitant of Malta
• Slovak: Malťanka — inhabitant of Malta
• Slovene: Maltežàn — inhabitant of Malta
• Slovene: Maltežánka — inhabitant of Malta
• Spanish: maltés — inhabitant of Malta
• Swedish: maltes — inhabitant of Malta
• Swedish: maltesare — inhabitant of Malta
• Turkish: Maltalı — inhabitant of Malta
• Ukrainian: мальті́єць (malʹtíjecʹ) — inhabitant of Malta
• Ukrainian: мальті́йка (malʹtíjka) — inhabitant of Malta
• Afrikaans: Maltees — breed of dog
• Afrikaans: Malteser — breed of dog
• Dutch: maltezer — breed of dog
• Finnish: maltankoira — breed of dog
• French: bichon maltais — breed of dog
• German: Malteser — breed of dog
• Japanese: マルチーズ (Maruchīzu) — breed of dog
• Korean: 몰티즈 (moltijeu) — breed of dog
• Korean: 말티즈 (maltijeu) — breed of dog
• Polish: maltańczyk — breed of dog
• Romanian: bichon maltez — breed of dog
• Spanish: bichón maltés — breed of dog
• Vietnamese: maltese — breed of dog
• Vietnamese: chó Malta — breed of dog