malar

See also: målar

English

Etymology

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

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

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.

Translations
cheekbone — see cheekbone

Anagrams

Icelandic

Noun

malar

  1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

malar m

  1. indefinite plural of mal

Etymology 2

Verb

malar

  1. (non-standard since 2012) present of mala

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mala (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

Noun

malar m (plural malares)

  1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Spanish

Adjective

malar (plural malares)

  1. malar

Swedish

Noun

malar

  1. indefinite plural of mal
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