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malar en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmeɪlə/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to the cheek.
   • Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance. 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

Deriveds

malar bone · sphenomalar · submalar · temporomalar · zygomaticomalar

Translations (7)

ar خَدِّيّ (pertaining to the cheek) · pl policzkowy (pertaining to the cheek) · pt jugal (pertaining to the cheek) · ca jugal (pertaining to the cheek) · ar وَجْنِيّ (pertaining to the cheek) · tr yanaksal (pertaining to the cheek) · it malare (pertaining to the cheek)

malar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmeɪlə/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

Forms