mallo

== Catalan == === Verb === mallo first-person singular present indicative of mallar == Finnish == === Alternative forms === mallu (dialectal) === Etymology === Borrowed from North Germanic (compare Old Norse malr). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɑlːo/, [ˈmɑ̝lːo̞] Rhymes: -ɑlːo Syllabification(key): mal‧lo Hyphenation(key): mal‧lo === Noun === mallo (dialectal, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia) synonym of länkipatja (“horse collar cushion”) (dialectal, obsolete, Tavastia, South Ostrobothnia) synonym of säkki (“sack”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmaʎo̝/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin malleus (“mallet”). ==== Noun ==== mallo m (plural mallos) large mallet; sledgehammer ===== Derived terms ===== mallar mallega malleira === Etymology 2 === From malle (“flail”), from Latin manualis (“manual”), influenced by Latin malleus (“hammer”). Cognate with Portuguese mangual. Alternative forms include manlle, manle, mal. ==== Noun ==== mallo m (plural mallos) flail handle of the flail Synonyms: mango, mangueira, moca === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== mallo first-person singular present indicative of mallar === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mallo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmal.lo/ Rhymes: -allo Hyphenation: màl‧lo === Noun === mallo m (plural malli) cupule (botany) husk, hull, shell === Anagrams === molla == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μαλλός (mallós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmal.loː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmal.lo] === Noun === mallō m (genitive mallōnis); third declension The stem of onions (pathology) A kind of tumor on the knees of animals ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “mallo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “mallo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Syllabification: ma‧llo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Portuguese malho, from Latin malleus. Replaced Old Spanish majo, inherited from the same source. ==== Noun ==== mallo m (plural mallos) mallet a kind of game === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== mallo first-person singular present indicative of mallar === References === Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “majar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 776 === Further reading === “mallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025