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Definitions: Malapropos |
MalaproposAdjective1. Of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature. Adverb1. At an inconvenient time; "he arrived inopportunely just as we sat down for dinner"; "she answered malapropos". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Malapropos \Mal*ap"ro*pos`\, adjective. adverb. [French expression mal [`a] propos; mal evil [`a] propos to the purpose.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: MalaproposSynonym: inopportunely (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: apropos (adj), opportunely (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Malapropos |
| Etymologies containing "malapropos": malapropism. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "malapropos"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pa vend (Amiss, mistakenly, out of turn). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неуместно (out of place, untimely), не на място (out of place). (various references) | |
Farsi | نامناسب (Improper, Inapplicable, Inappropriate, Inapt, Incommensurate, Incompetent, Infelicitous, Inopportune, Unapt, Unfit, Unhandsome, Unmeet, Unrighteous, Unsuitable, Untoward), نابهنگام (Immature, Inopportune, Precocious, Premature, Unseasonable, Untimely), نابجا (Aberrant), بیموقع (Off, Untimely), بی محل . (various references) | |
German | unangebracht (inapposite, inappropriate, inappropriately, inept, infelicitous, inopportune, inopportunely, misguided, misplaced, mistaken, uncalled for, undue, unsuitable). (various references) | |
Greek | άκαιροσ (immature, inopportune, mistimed, unseasonable). (various references) | |
Italian | non appropriato (inappropriate, unsuitable). (various references) | |
Manx | meechooie (unbeseeming, undue). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alaproposmay.(various references) | |
Romanian | nepotrivit (awkward, bad, discordant, dissonant, ill-matched, ill-sorted, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incapable, incongruous, inconsistent, incorrect, ineligible, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, inopportune, insufficient, intrusive, irrelevant, misbecoming, off color, off colour, out of character, out of date, out of point, timeless, unapt, unbecoming, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unequal, unfit, unmeet, unseasonable, untimely, unwarranted), nelalocul lui (Amiss, incongruous, infelicitous, out of place), inoportun (annoying, ill timed, ill-favored, ill-favoured, inconvenient, inexpedient, inopportune, pointless, timeless, undue, unseasonable, untimely), cuvânt nepotrivit, act nepotrivit, act inoportun. (various references) | |
Russian | некстати (beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, off the point). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | u nezgodan čas, neumesno (place: out of place). (various references) | |
Swedish | felsagt. (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งไม่เหมาะสม (inadvisable). (various references) | |
Turkish | münasebetsiz (gauche, impertinent, improper, inapposite, incorrect, inexpedient, inopportune, near the knuckle, unhappy, unseemly, untimely), yersiz (Amiss, baseless, beside the point, digressive, discursive, idle, ill timed, impertinent, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, irrelevant, out of place, out of turn, uncalled for, uncomely, undue, unhappy, unjustifiable, unseasonable, untimely, untoward, unwarranted), uygunsuzca, uygunsuz (derogatory, illegitimate, impolitic, improper, inapposite, inappropriate, incongruous, inconvenient, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, ineligible, inexpedient, infelicitous, near the knuckle, obnoxious, unbecoming, unbefitting, unbeseeming, uncalled for, unchristian, uncomely, unhandsome, unpropitious, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc không phải lối, việc không đúng lúc, lời không phải lối, lời không đúng lúc. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Malapropos" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Malaprop, malapropic, malaprops. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: malaprops. | |
-2 letters: malaprop, proposal, prosomal. | |
-3 letters: apropos, osmolar, paramos, parasol, poplars, prosoma. | |
-4 letters: alamos, alarms, amoral, appals, aromas, lampas, malars, molars, moolas, morals, orlops, palmar, pampas, paramo, parols, plasma, polars, poplar, praams, promos, saloop, sporal. | |
-5 letters: alamo, alarm, almas, appal, aroma, lamas, lamps, loams, looms, loops, maars, malar, marls, molar, molas, moola, mools, moors, moral, moras, omasa, opals, orals, orlop, osmol, palms, palps, pampa, papal, papas, paras, parol, plasm, plops, polar, polos, pomps, pools, poops, praam, prams, praos, proas, promo, proms, props, proso, psalm, ramps, roams, romps, rooms, salpa, sapor, sloop, solar, sopor, spool, spoor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
+4 letters: spatiotemporal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 61 70 72 6F 70 6F 73 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-.. .- .--. .-. --- .--. --- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01100001 01110000 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101111 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l a p r o p o s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0061 0070 0072 006F 0070 006F 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47677867828481828185 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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