Malte
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Diminutive of the male given name Helmolt, from Old High German helm (“helmet”) + *waltan (“to rule”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛːˀlt(s)ʰə]
French
Etymology
From Latin Melite, which is disputed; from a Phoenician root 𐤌𐤋𐤈 (mlṭ), meaning "refuge" or from Ancient Greek μέλι, μελίτος (méli, melítos, “honey”). More at Malta.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malte f
- Malta (a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
- Malta (The largest island of the Maltese archipelago of Malta)
See also
- (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine (Category: fr:Countries in Europe)
Friulian
Proper noun
Malte f
- Malta (a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
- Malta (The largest island of the Maltese archipelago of Malta)
Related terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaltə/
- Rhymes: -altə
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Obsolete form of Melde (“saltbush”)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology 2
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Further reading
- “Malte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Limburgish
Proper noun
Malte
- Malta (a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
- Malta (The largest island of the Maltese archipelago of Malta)
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Proper noun
Malte f (Jersey)
- Malta (a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
- Malta (The largest island of the Maltese archipelago of Malta)
Swedish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1672.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²maltɛ/
Audio (file)