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title="Maltese – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" title="Maltese – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Maltese" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" 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American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/mɑlˈtiz/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/mɒlˈtiːz/</span>, <span class="IPA">/mɔːlˈtiːz/</span></li> <li><style 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Latn">malʹtíjski</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A8s#Catalan" title="maltès">maltès</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A8s" class="extiw" title="ca:maltès">(ca)</a></span> <dl><dd>Valencian: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Catalan" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="ca:maltés">(ca)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96#Mandarin" title="馬耳他">馬耳他的</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96#Mandarin" title="马耳他">马耳他的</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96" class="extiw" title="zh:馬耳他">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Mǎ'ěrtā de</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/maltsk%C3%BD#Czech" title="maltský">maltský</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltsk%C3%BD" class="extiw" title="cs:maltský">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Dutch" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltees" class="extiw" title="nl:Maltees">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/maltalainen#Finnish" title="maltalainen">maltalainen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltalainen" class="extiw" title="fi:maltalainen">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/maltankielinen#Finnish" title="maltankielinen">maltankielinen</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">of or pertaining to Maltese language</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/maltais#French" title="maltais">maltais</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltais" class="extiw" title="fr:maltais">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Galician" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="gl:maltés">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="მალტური (page does not exist)">მალტური</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">malṭuri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/maltesisch#German" title="maltesisch">maltesisch</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltesisch" class="extiw" title="de:maltesisch">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="μαλτέζικος">μαλτέζικος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:μαλτέζικος">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">maltézikos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B1%E1%BF%96%CE%BF%CF%82&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Μελιταῖος (page does not exist)">Μελιταῖος</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">Melitaîos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ltach#Irish" title="Máltach">Máltach</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/maltese#Italian" title="maltese">maltese</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltese" class="extiw" title="it:maltese">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF#Japanese" title="マルタ">マルタの</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF" class="extiw" title="ja:マルタ">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">Maruta no</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EB%AA%B0%ED%83%80#Korean" title="몰타">몰타의</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%AA%B0%ED%83%80" class="extiw" title="ko:몰타">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">moltaui</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melitensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melitensis (page does not exist)">Melitēnsis</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maltensis (page does not exist)">Maltēnsis</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Mediaeval<span class="ib-comma qualifier-comma">,</span> New Latin</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>; <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melitesius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melitesius (page does not exist)">Melitēsius</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">pertaining to Malta</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/maltie%C5%A1u#Latvian" title="maltiešu">maltiešu</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/maltisks#Latvian" title="maltisks">maltisks</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8#Macedonian" title="малтешки">малтешки</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">malteški</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt">(il-)<a href="/wiki/Malti#Maltese" title="Malti">Malti</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/maltesisk#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="maltesisk">maltesisk</a></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/maltesisk#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="maltesisk">maltesisk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nn.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltesisk" class="extiw" title="nn:maltesisk">(nn)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/malta%C5%84ski#Polish" title="maltański">maltański</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/malta%C5%84ski" class="extiw" title="pl:maltański">(pl)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%AAs#Portuguese" title="maltês">maltês</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%AAs" class="extiw" title="pt:maltês">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9#Russian" title="мальтийский">мальти́йский</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:мальтийский">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtíjskij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/malte%C5%A1ki#Slovene" title="malteški">maltéški</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/malte%C5%A1ki" class="extiw" title="sl:malteški">(sl)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Spanish" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="es:maltés">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="мальтійський (page does not exist)">мальті́йський</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtíjsʹkyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Maltese</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">Maltese</strong></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Malteses#English" title="Malteses">Malteses</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">chiefly in the <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> plural "Maltese"</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> An inhabitant or a <a href="/wiki/resident" title="resident">resident</a> of Malta.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">plural "Malteses"</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A small <a href="/wiki/breed" title="breed">breed</a> of <a href="/wiki/dog" title="dog">dog</a> with a long silky coat.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As with other terms for people formed with <i><a href="/wiki/-ese" title="-ese">-ese</a></i>, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Maltese", "writing about Maltese cuisine as a Maltese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Maltese") or before a noun like <i>person</i>, <i>man</i>, or <i>woman</i> ("writing about Maltese cuisine as a Maltese person"). See also <i><a href="/wiki/-ish" title="-ish">-ish</a></i>, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Maltese_English#English" title="Maltese English">Maltese English</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Maltese_starthistle#English" title="Maltese starthistle">Maltese starthistle</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_2">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Maltese_people_collectively:_plural"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Maltese people collectively: plural</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Maltese people collectively: plural"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Afrikaans">Maltese</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Maltesi%C3%ABrs#Afrikaans" title="Maltesiërs">Maltesiërs</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Maltezen#Dutch" title="Maltezen">Maltezen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltezen" class="extiw" title="nl:Maltezen">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=maltalased&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maltalased (page does not exist)">maltalased</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/maltalaiset#Finnish" title="maltalaiset">maltalaiset</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="მალტელები (page does not exist)">მალტელები</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">malṭelebi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Malteser#German" title="Malteser">Malteser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malteser" class="extiw" title="de:Malteser">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/maltie%C5%A1i#Latvian" title="maltieši">maltieši</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Малтежани (page does not exist)">Малтежани</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">Maltežani</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/malteses#Portuguese" title="malteses">malteses</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/maltezi#Romanian" title="maltezi">maltezi</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/malteses#Spanish" title="malteses">malteses</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/malteses" class="extiw" title="es:malteses">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-inhabitant_of_Malta"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">inhabitant of Malta</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="inhabitant of Malta"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Afrikaans" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltees" class="extiw" title="af:Maltees">(af)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Maltesi%C3%ABr#Afrikaans" title="Maltesiër">Maltesiër</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Malteser#Afrikaans" title="Malteser">Malteser</a></span></li> <li>Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/maltez#Albanian" title="maltez">maltez</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A#Arabic" title="مالطي">مَالْطِيّ</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">mālṭiyy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="مالطية (page does not exist)">مَالْطِيَّة</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">mālṭiyya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B5%D1%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="мальтыец (page does not exist)">мальты́ец</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtýjec</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="мальтыйка (page does not exist)">мальты́йка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtýjka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="малтиец (page does not exist)">малти́ец</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">maltíec</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="малтийка (page does not exist)">малти́йка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">maltíjka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A8s#Catalan" title="maltès">maltès</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A8s" class="extiw" title="ca:maltès">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/maltesa#Catalan" title="maltesa">maltesa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltesa" class="extiw" title="ca:maltesa">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <dl><dd>Valencian: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Catalan" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="ca:maltés">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/maltesa#Catalan" title="maltesa">maltesa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltesa" class="extiw" title="ca:maltesa">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96%E4%BA%BA#Mandarin" title="馬耳他人">馬耳他人</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96%E4%BA%BA#Mandarin" title="马耳他人">马耳他人</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">mǎ'ěrtārén</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%88%BE%E4%BB%96%E4%BA%BA#Mandarin" title="馬爾他人">馬爾他人</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E5%B0%94%E4%BB%96%E4%BA%BA#Mandarin" title="马尔他人">马尔他人</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%88%BE%E4%BB%96%E4%BA%BA" class="extiw" title="zh:馬爾他人">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">mǎ'ěrtārén</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/Mal%C5%A5an#Czech" title="Malťan">Malťan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mal%C5%A5an" class="extiw" title="cs:Malťan">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mal%C5%A5anka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malťanka (page does not exist)">Malťanka</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mal%C5%A5anka" class="extiw" title="cs:Malťanka">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/malteser#Danish" title="malteser">malteser</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Dutch" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltees" class="extiw" title="nl:Maltees">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">Maltese</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" class="extiw" title="nl:Maltese">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/maltano#Esperanto" title="maltano">maltano</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">man or woman</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=maltanino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maltanino (page does not exist)">maltanino</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">woman</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=maltalane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="maltalane (page does not exist)">maltalane</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/maltalainen#Finnish" title="maltalainen">maltalainen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltalainen" class="extiw" title="fi:maltalainen">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Maltais#French" title="Maltais">Maltais</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltais" class="extiw" title="fr:Maltais">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Maltaise#French" title="Maltaise">Maltaise</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltaise" class="extiw" title="fr:Maltaise">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Galician" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="gl:maltés">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="მალტელი (page does not exist)">მალტელი</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">malṭeli</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Malteser#German" title="Malteser">Malteser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malteser" class="extiw" title="de:Malteser">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#German">Maltese</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltese" class="extiw" title="de:Maltese">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Malteserin#German" title="Malteserin">Malteserin</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malteserin" class="extiw" title="de:Malteserin">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">female</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="Μαλτέζος">Μαλτέζος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:Μαλτέζος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">Maltézos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltverji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maltverji (page does not exist)">Maltverji</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B6ltuma%C3%B0ur#Icelandic" title="Möltumaður">Möltumaður</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=M%C3%B6ltub%C3%BAi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Möltubúi (page does not exist)">Möltubúi</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ltach#Irish" title="Máltach">Máltach</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E4%BA%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="マルタ人 (page does not exist)">マルタ人</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">マルタじん, Marutajin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ladino: <span class="Latn" lang="lad"><a href="/wiki/maltez#Ladino" title="maltez">maltez</a></span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melitensis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melitensis (page does not exist)">Melitensis</a></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/maltietis#Latvian" title="maltietis">maltietis</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/maltiete#Latvian" title="maltiete">maltiete</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86#Macedonian" title="Малтежанец">Малтежанец</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">Maltežanec</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="Малтежанка">Малтежанка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">Maltežanka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/Malti#Maltese" title="Malti">Malti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://mt.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malti" class="extiw" title="mt:Malti">(mt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/Maltija#Maltese" title="Maltija">Maltija</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/malteser#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="malteser">malteser</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/maltesar#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="maltesar">maltesar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nn.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltesar" class="extiw" title="nn:maltesar">(nn)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Malta%C5%84czyk#Polish" title="Maltańczyk">Maltańczyk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malta%C5%84czyk" class="extiw" title="pl:Maltańczyk">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Maltanka#Polish" title="Maltanka">Maltanka</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltanka" class="extiw" title="pl:Maltanka">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%AAs#Portuguese" title="maltês">maltês</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%AAs" class="extiw" title="pt:maltês">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/maltez#Romanian" title="maltez">maltez</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltez" class="extiw" title="ro:maltez">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/maltez%C4%83#Romanian" title="malteză">malteză</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltez%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:malteză">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%86#Russian" title="мальтиец">мальти́ец</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%86" class="extiw" title="ru:мальтиец">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtíjec</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0#Russian" title="мальтийка">мальти́йка</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:мальтийка">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtíjka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/Mal%C5%A5an#Slovak" title="Malťan">Malťan</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mal%C5%A5anka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malťanka (page does not exist)">Malťanka</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/Malte%C5%BEan#Slovene" title="Maltežan">Maltežàn</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malte%C5%BEan" class="extiw" title="sl:Maltežan">(sl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/Malte%C5%BEanka#Slovene" title="Maltežanka">Maltežánka</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Spanish" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="es:maltés">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/maltes#Swedish" title="maltes">maltes</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltes" class="extiw" title="sv:maltes">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/maltesare#Swedish" title="maltesare">maltesare</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltal%C4%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maltalı (page does not exist)">Maltalı</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltal%C4%B1" class="extiw" title="tr:Maltalı">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%96%D1%94%D1%86%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="мальтієць (page does not exist)">мальті́єць</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtíjecʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="мальтійка (page does not exist)">мальті́йка</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtíjka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-breed_of_dog"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">breed of dog</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="breed of dog"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Afrikaans" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltees" class="extiw" title="af:Maltees">(af)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Malteser#Afrikaans" title="Malteser">Malteser</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/maltankoira#Finnish" title="maltankoira">maltankoira</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltankoira" class="extiw" title="fi:maltankoira">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/bichon_maltais#French" title="bichon maltais">bichon maltais</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bichon_maltais" class="extiw" title="fr:bichon maltais">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Malteser#German" title="Malteser">Malteser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malteser" class="extiw" title="de:Malteser">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/malta%C5%84czyk#Polish" title="maltańczyk">maltańczyk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/malta%C5%84czyk" class="extiw" title="pl:maltańczyk">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bichon_maltez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bichon maltez (page does not exist)">bichon maltez</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Maltese</strong></span> </p> <ol><li>The <a href="/wiki/Semitic" title="Semitic">Semitic</a> language of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations_3">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-language_of_Malta"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">language of Malta</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="language of Malta"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Afrikaans" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltees" class="extiw" title="af:Maltees">(af)</a></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A#Arabic" title="مالطي">الْمَالْطِيَّة</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">al-mālṭiyya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6#Armenian" title="մալթայերեն">մալթայերեն</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">maltʻayeren</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/wiki/maltera#Basque" title="maltera">maltera</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltera" class="extiw" title="eu:maltera">(eu)</a></span></li> <li>Bengali: <span class="trreq" data-lang="bn"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A8s#Catalan" title="maltès">maltès</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A8s" class="extiw" title="ca:maltès">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <dl><dd>Valencian: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Catalan" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="ca:maltés">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%88%BE%E4%BB%96%E8%AA%9E#Mandarin" title="馬爾他語">馬爾他語</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E5%B0%94%E4%BB%96%E8%AF%AD#Mandarin" title="马尔他语">马尔他语</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%88%BE%E4%BB%96%E8%AA%9E" class="extiw" title="zh:馬爾他語">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96%E8%AA%9E#Mandarin" title="馬耳他語">馬耳他語</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96%E8%AF%AD#Mandarin" title="马耳他语">马耳他语</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%96%E8%AA%9E" class="extiw" title="zh:馬耳他語">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Mǎ'ěrtāyǔ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/malt%C5%A1tina#Czech" title="maltština">maltština</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/maltesisk#Danish" title="maltesisk">maltesisk</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Dutch" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltees" class="extiw" title="nl:Maltees">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/malta#Finnish" title="malta">malta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/malta" class="extiw" title="fi:malta">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/maltais#French" title="maltais">maltais</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltais" class="extiw" title="fr:maltais">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="მალტური (page does not exist)">მალტური</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">malṭuri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="მალტური ენა (page does not exist)">მალტური ენა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">malṭuri ena</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesisch#German" title="Maltesisch">Maltesisch</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltesisch" class="extiw" title="de:Maltesisch">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1#Greek" title="μαλτέζικα">μαλτέζικα</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:μαλτέζικα">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">maltézika</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/maltneska#Icelandic" title="maltneska">maltneska</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltneska" class="extiw" title="is:maltneska">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1ltais#Irish" title="Máltais">Máltais</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/maltese#Italian" title="maltese">maltese</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltese" class="extiw" title="it:maltese">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/malti#Italian" title="malti">malti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/malti" class="extiw" title="it:malti">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">rare</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E8%AA%9E#Japanese" title="マルタ語">マルタ語</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E8%AA%9E" class="extiw" title="ja:マルタ語">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">マルタご, Marutago</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ម៉ាល់ត៍ (page does not exist)">ម៉ាល់ត៍</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%9E%98%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9B%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%8D" class="extiw" title="km:ម៉ាល់ត៍">(km)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">malt</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EB%AA%B0%ED%83%80%EC%96%B4#Korean" title="몰타어">몰타어</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%AA%B0%ED%83%80%EC%96%B4" class="extiw" title="ko:몰타어">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">molta'eo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/maltie%C5%A1u_valoda#Latvian" title="maltiešu valoda">maltiešu valoda</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/maltie%C5%A1u#Latvian" title="maltiešu">maltiešu</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8#Macedonian" title="малтешки">малтешки</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">malteški</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/Malti#Maltese" title="Malti">il-Malti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://mt.wiktionary.org/wiki/Malti" class="extiw" title="mt:Malti">(mt)</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/maltesisk#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="maltesisk">maltesisk</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/maltesisk#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="maltesisk">maltesisk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nn.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltesisk" class="extiw" title="nn:maltesisk">(nn)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl">(<a href="/wiki/j%C4%99zyk#Polish" title="język">język</a>) <a href="/wiki/malta%C5%84ski#Polish" title="maltański">maltański</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%AAs#Portuguese" title="maltês">maltês</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%AAs" class="extiw" title="pt:maltês">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%AAs#Portuguese" title="maltês">maltês</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%AAs" class="extiw" title="pt:maltês">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/maltez%C4%83#Romanian" title="malteză">malteză</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltez%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:malteză">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9#Russian" title="мальтийский">мальти́йский</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:мальтийский">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">malʹtíjskij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/malte%C5%A1%C4%8Dina#Slovene" title="malteščina">maltéščina</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/malte%C5%A1%C4%8Dina" class="extiw" title="sl:malteščina">(sl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/malt%C3%A9s#Spanish" title="maltés">maltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/malt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="es:maltés">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swahili: <span class="Latn" lang="sw"><a href="/wiki/Kimalta#Swahili" title="Kimalta">Kimalta</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/maltesiska#Swedish" title="maltesiska">maltesiska</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/maltesiska" class="extiw" title="sv:maltesiska">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ภาษามอลตา (page does not exist)">ภาษามอลตา</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">paasăa mondtaa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltaca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maltaca (page does not exist)">Maltaca</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maltaca" class="extiw" title="tr:Maltaca">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malteg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malteg (page does not exist)">Malteg</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Maltese_Swadesh_list" title="Appendix:Maltese Swadesh list">Appendix:Maltese Swadesh list</a> for a <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Swadesh_lists" title="Appendix:Swadesh lists">Swadesh list</a> of basic vocabulary words in Maltese</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639-1">ISO 639-1</a> code <b>mt</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-3" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a> code <b>mlt</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/mlt">(SIL)</a></li> <li><a href="//www.ethnologue.com/language/mlt" class="extiw" title="ethnologue:mlt">Ethnologue entry for Maltese</a>, <b>mlt</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Afrikaans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_2">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="af">Maltese</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#attributive" title="Appendix:Glossary">attributive</a> form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Afrikaans" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="af">Maltese</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Afrikaans" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch">Dutch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Nl-Maltese.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Nl-Maltese.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c0/Nl-Maltese.ogg/Nl-Maltese.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Nl-Maltese.ogg" title="File:Nl-Maltese.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">Maltese</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-nl p-form-of" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#Dutch" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#diminutive" title="Appendix:Glossary">diminutive</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-nl diminutive-form-of" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malteesje&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malteesje (page does not exist)">Malteesje</a></b> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <i>masculine</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Dutch" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>a <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Maltese</a></span> woman</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Malta#Dutch" title="Malta">Malta</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Maltees#Dutch" title="Maltees">Maltees</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/meestal#Dutch" title="meestal">meestal</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German">German</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:German_pronunciation" title="Appendix:German pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/malˈteːzə/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="3" data-mwtitle="De-Maltese.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/De-Maltese.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/De-Maltese.ogg/De-Maltese.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:De-Maltese.ogg" title="File:De-Maltese.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="de">Maltese</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#weak_declension" title="Appendix:Glossary">weak</a></i>, <i>genitive</i> <b class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></b>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></b>, <i>feminine</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-de feminine-form-of" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltesin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maltesin (page does not exist)">Maltesin</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>person from <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>; <a href="#English">Maltese</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Malteser#German" title="Malteser">Malteser</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead">Declension of <i lang="de" class="Latn">Maltese</i> [<span style="font-size: smaller;">masculine, weak</span>]</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table border="1px solid #505050" style="border-collapse:collapse; background:var(--wikt-palette-white,#ffffff);color:inherit; text-align:center; width:100%" class="inflection-table inflection-table-de inflection-table-de-foo"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e);color:inherit;width:15%"> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e);color:inherit;width:46%">singular </th> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-grey,#9e9e9e);color:inherit;width:39%">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit"> </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit;width:7%"><a href="/wiki/indefinite_article" title="indefinite article">indef.</a> </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit;width:7%"><a href="/wiki/definite_article" title="definite article">def.</a> </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit;width:32%">noun </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit;width:7%"><a href="/wiki/definite_article" title="definite article">def.</a> </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit;width:32%">noun </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de nom|s-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><strong class="selflink">Maltese</strong></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de nom|p-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eines#German" title="eines">eines</a></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/des#German" title="des">des</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de gen|s-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de gen|p-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">dative </th> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einem#German" title="einem">einem</a></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/dem#German" title="dem">dem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de dat|s-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de dat|p-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einen#German" title="einen">einen</a></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de acc|s-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></span> </td> <td style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de acc|p-form-of origin-Maltese" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Maltesen#German" title="Maltesen">Maltesen</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Maltese">Maltese</a>” in <i>Duden</i> online</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dwds.de/?q=Maltese">Maltese</a>” in <i>Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maltese&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div 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