maladresse, n.f., awkwardness, clumsiness, unskillfulness, awkward thing, blunder; (fig.) bad shot. —! bad shot!
maladroit, -e, n. and adj., awkward person; awkward, clumsy, stupid, unskillful. Vous êtes un —! what an awkward fellow you are! C’est une —e; she is an awkward, clumsy woman.
maladroitement (-droat-mān), adv., clumsily, awkwardly.
malaga, n.m., Malaga (wine).
malaguette or maniguette, n.f., Guinea-pepper.
malai or malais, -e, n. and adj., Malay.
malai, n.m., Malay language.
malaise, n.m., uncomfortableness, uneasiness, discomfort. Sentir du —; to feel uncomfortable. Être dans le —; to be in straitened circumstances.
malaisé, -e, adj., hard, difficult, rough, toilsome; inconvenient; straitened in circumstances, hard up.
malaisément, adv., with difficulty, with trouble.