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Maltese

  • /mɑlˈtiz/ US
  • /mɒlˈtiːz/ UK
  • /mɔːlˈtiːz/ UK

Rhymes with -iːz

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to Malta or its language.

noun Maltese · Malteses

  1. in plural An inhabitant or a resident of Malta.
  2. A small breed of dog with a long silky coat.

proper noun

  1. The Semitic language of Malta.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: maltese dog, turkish, malta, lira, reading, read, malt, malte, maltraljan, mtarfa, malaca, malemiut, malacha, manx, maltipoo, massiliote

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adj pertaining to Malta or its language

Españolmaltés
한국어몰타의 Molta-ui
日本語マルタの Maruta no
中文馬耳他的 /马耳他的 Mǎ'ěrtā de
Portuguêsmaltês
Françaismaltais
Deutschmaltesisch
Italianomaltese
Ελληνικάμαλτέζικος maltézikos
Русскиймальти́йский malʹtíjskij
العربيةمَالْطِيّ mālṭiyy

noun Maltese people collectively: plural

Españolmalteses
Portuguêsmalteses
DeutschMalteser
Românămaltezi

noun inhabitant of Malta

Españolmaltés
한국어몰타인 moltain, 몰타 사람 molta saram
日本語マルタ人 Marutajin
中文馬耳他人 /马耳他人 mǎ'ěrtārén, 馬爾他人 /马尔他人 mǎ'ěrtārén
Portuguêsmaltês
FrançaisMaltais, Maltaise
DeutschMalteser, Maltese, Malteserin
ΕλληνικάΜαλτέζος Maltézos
Românămaltez, malteză
Русскиймальти́ец malʹtíjec, мальти́йка malʹtíjka
العربيةمَالْطِيّ mālṭiyy, مَالْطِيَّة mālṭiyya

noun breed of dog

Españolbichón maltés
한국어몰티즈 moltijeu, 말티즈 maltijeu
日本語マルチーズ Maruchīzu
中文馬爾濟斯 /马尔济斯 mǎ'ěrjìsī
Françaisbichon maltais
DeutschMalteser
Românăbichon maltez
Tiếng Việtmaltese, chó Malta

name language of Malta

Españolmaltés
한국어몰타어 molta'eo
日本語マルタ語 Marutago
中文馬爾他語 /马尔他语 Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ, 馬耳他語 /马耳他语 Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ
KiswahiliKimalta
Portuguêsmaltês
Françaismaltais
DeutschMaltesisch
Italianomaltese, malti
Ελληνικάμαλτέζικα maltézika
Românămalteză
Русскиймальти́йский malʹtíjskij
Tiếng Việttiếng Malta
العربيةالْمَالْطِيَّة al-mālṭiyya

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@misc{maltese_2026,
  title = {Maltese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maltese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}