malais
French, noun
malais is spelled M-A-L-A-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malais is a French masculine noun meaning “Malay language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Malais is a different word: “Malay (Malay person)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe de langues de la branche malayo-polynésienne des langues austronésiennes, principalement parlées en…”.
What does malais mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Malay
noun
- 1
masculineMalay language
noun
- 1
masculineMalay (Malay person)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Malais, aux populations de langue malaise, qui habitent la côte orientale de Sumatra, la péninsule de Malacca et le littoral de Bornéo. 2. Relatif au malais, en cette langue. 3. Relatif à la Malaisie, malaisien.
noun: 1. Groupe de langues de la branche malayo-polynésienne des langues austronésiennes, principalement parlées en Asie du Sud-Est.
noun: 1. Individu du peuple malais. 2. Habitant de la Malaisie. 3. Malais du Cap
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 malais
- malaise feminine
- malaises feminine plural
- malay alternative
- Malaise feminine
- Malay alternative
- malai dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to malais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malais in French?
malais appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).