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malla

Pronunciation: [ˈma.ʎə]

“malla” is a Catalan word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mesh, netting
  2. tights, leggings
  3. mail
  4. type of coin worth half a diner
  5. pellitory (Parietaria officinalis)

In Catalan

  1. Entramat de fils que s'encreuen seguint un patró determinat; les aplicacions d'aquest entramat són diverses, des d'un teixit per fer roba, una xarxa de pescar, una raqueta o altres usos.
  2. Cadascuna de les obertures quadrades o rombals formades pels fils d'una xarxa, de mida prou petita per a impedir el pas de la pilota o el volant.
  3. Teixit d'una xarxa.
  4. Moneda de metall de poc valor.
  5. Moneda catalana d’un valor de mig diner.

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *macla (“mesh”), from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of màcula, a learned borrowing.

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