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malaise

French, noun

malaise is spelled M-A-L-A-I-S-E (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,181st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malaise is a French masculine noun meaning “malaise, uneasiness, cringe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of malais. With an accent, malaisé is a different word: “difficult, awkward”. With a capital, Malaise is a different word: “female equivalent of Malais”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Trouble plus ou moins léger de la santé, qui ne peut guère se localiser avec précision”.

What does malaise mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemalaise, uneasiness, cringe

  2. 2

    masculineepisode of being taken ill, especially suddenly

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of malais

adjective

as malaisé
  1. 1

    difficult, awkward

noun

as Malaise
  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of Malais

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est difficile. 2. Qui est incommode, dont on ne peut se servir avec facilité. 3. Qui est mal à l’aise. 4. Qualifie une personne acariâtre, difficile d’accès.

noun: 1. Trouble plus ou moins léger de la santé, qui ne peut guère se localiser avec précision. 2. Sorte d’inquiétude ou de gêne résultant de causes obscures.

noun: 1. Habitante de la Malaisie.

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 malaise

  • malaises plural
  • malaisée feminine
  • malaisés masculine plural
  • malaisées feminine plural
  • Malaises plural
  • Malais masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to malaise

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is malaise in French?

malaise appears 11 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).

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