maltese

1. 1.

   of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants

   “Maltese customs officers”

Other forms of maltese

plural

malteses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about maltese

What does maltese mean?

maltese means "a native or inhabitant of Malta". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in maltese?

maltese has 2 syllables: mal-tese. The stress falls on "tese". In IPA it is /mɔlˈtiz/.

What is another word for maltese?

Close synonyms include Maltese language, Malti, Maltese cat, Maltese dog, Maltese terrier. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maltese a common word?

maltese is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with maltese?

4 words rhyme with maltese. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.