malade
French, noun/ma.lad/
malade is spelled M-A-L-A-D-E (6 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written French, the 1,256th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malade is a French feminine noun meaning “an ill or sick person; a patient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne en mauvaise santé”.
What does malade mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ill, unwell, sick
Elle est si malade qu’elle ne peut pas venir.
- 2
informalMentally disturbed; crazy; nuts; mental
noun
- 1
femininemasculinean ill or sick person; a patient
- 2
feminineinformalmasculinesomeone who is crazy; a nutcase
- 3
colloquialfemininemasculinenut (extreme enthusiast)
C'est un malade de cinéma.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dont la santé est altérée. 2. Se dit aussi des choses. 3. Fou, dérangé. 4. Génial, excellent, qui sort de l’ordinaire.
noun: 1. Personne en mauvaise santé. 2. Personne faisant l'objet des soins d'un médecin ou d'un établissement de santé. (syn. : patient) 3. Personne dangereuse parce que dérangée mentalement, ou présentée comme telle. 4. Dément, personne au comportement extraordinaire ou excessif
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malade
- malades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malade?
- /ma.lad/
- \ma.lad\
- [ma.lad]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malade in French?
malade appears 66 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).