malle
French, noun/mal/
malle is a French feminine noun meaning “large suitcase; trunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coffre dont on se sert en voyage pour le transport de ses effets”.
What does malle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelarge suitcase; trunk
Sors tes habits de la malle et range-les dans l'armoire !
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coffre dont on se sert en voyage pour le transport de ses effets. 2. Malle-poste. 3. Bateau qui emportait le courrier. 4. Bateau qui effectuait la liaison régulière entre Douvres et Calais.
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 malle
- malles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malle?
- /mal/
- \mal\
- [yn mal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malle in French?
malle appears 2.4 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).