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[Mall]
** English
*** Etymology
Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was
originally a [en] alley.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [shopping centre] [en]
- [other senses] [en]
- [en] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A pedestrianise d street, especially a shopping precinct. [from 20th c.]
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2002 | author=Alexander Garvin | title=The American City: What Works, What Doesn′t | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-0h134NR1s0C&pg=PA179&dq=%22mall%22%7C%22malls%22+pedestrian+-intitle:%22mall%7Cmalls%22+-inauthor:%22mall%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0HynT-2mC6mHmQWi3rXhBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22mall%22%7C%22malls%22%20pedestrian%20-intitle%3A%22mall%7Cmalls%22%20-inauthor%3A%22mall%22&f=false | page=179
|passage=America′s first pedestrianized shopping MALL opened in 1959 in
Kalamazoo, Michigan. Like most later pedestrian MALLS, it was intended to
revive what everybody thought was a decaying downtown.}}
1. An enclosed shopping centre . [from 20th c.]
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2004 | author=Ralph E. Warner | title=Get a Life: You Don′t Need a Million to Retire Well | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=q1NZ8W0mRXIC&pg=PT57&dq=%22mall%22%7C%22malls%22+-intitle:%22mall%7Cmalls%22+-inauthor:%22mall%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GXWnT4vIO-yUmQWpn9XhBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22mall%22%7C%22malls%22%20-intitle%3A%22mall%7Cmalls%22%20-inauthor%3A%22mall%22&f=false | page=unnumbered
|passage=Every day, at about the time the rest of us go to work, groups of
retirees gather at many of America′s enclosed shopping MALLS.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] An alley where the game of pall mall was played. [17th]
3. A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade . [from 18th c.]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1820 | author=w:Robert Southey | title=The Life of Wesley; and Rise and Progress of Methodism
|passage=Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms;
and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City
MALL.}}
1. A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall . [from 17th c.]
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1824 | author=w:James Hogg | title=The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
|passage=I also fell slightly; but his fall proving a severe one, he arose in
wrath, and struck me with the MALL which he held in his hand, until my blood
flowed copiously [...]}}
1. [en] The game of polo . [17th c.]
2. [en] An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall . [17th]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1675 | author=w:Charles Cotton | title=Burlesque upon Burlesque
|passage=But playing with the Boy ar Mall, <br>(I rue the Time, and ever
shall) <br>I struck the Ball, I know not how}}
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|cybermall|mallgoer|mallification|mallsoft|mallspeak|mallternative|megamall|minimall|supermall|unmalled
|mallcore |mallgoth |mall rat |mall shooter |mall shooting|mall traffic
|shopping mall |strip mall |mall cop|mall ninja|mall walker|mall
walking|mall-goer|mini-mall|pall-mall}}
**** Descendants
- [ru]
**** Translations
[alley where the game of pall mall was played]
- French: [fr]
[trans-bottom]
[public walk ; level shaded walkway]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- French: [fr]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[pedestrianized street]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Thai: [th]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[enclosed shopping centre]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [aii] , [aii] , [aii]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] [Quebec]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Norwegian:
- Persian:
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [Argentina]
- Thai: [th] , [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[heavy wooden mallet used in the game of pall mall]
- French: [fr]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[old game played with malls or mallets and balls]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. to beat with a mall, or mallet ; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
2. to build up with the development of shopping mall s
3. [en] to shop at the mall
*** References
- [R:OneLook]
- [R:Century 1911]
** Albanian
*** Pronunciation
- [sq]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [sq]
**** Declension
[e]
*** Etymology 1
[sq].
**** Noun
[m]
1. goods
***** Declension
[ra]
*** Etymology 2
From [sq], from [sq], compare [sq] and [sq]. Alternatively from [sq], close
to [sa], [gml], [fy]. Alternatively, from [sq].[1] [2]
**** Noun
[m]
1. longing , missing , nostalgia
***** Declension
[e]
*** References
References:
[1]. R. Trofenik, Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, 1980, page 36
[2]. Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat, Rilindja, 1976, page 117
[3]. [head=*mallo-]
** Breton
*** Noun
[m]
1. haste
** Catalan
*** Etymology
[ca].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA]
- [ca]
*** Noun
[m]
1. hammer
**** Derived terms
- [ca]
**** Related terms
- [ca]
- [ca]
- [ca]
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
[ca]
** Cebuano
*** Etymology
[ceb].
*** Pronunciation
- [mol]
*** Noun
[ceb-noun]
1. [en] ; shopping center
2. [ceb] department store
** Irish
*** Etymology
From [ga]; see there.
*** Pronunciation
- [ga]
- [ga] [Galway] ; [ga] [Mayo]
- [ga]
*** Adjective
[gsm=mall]
1. slow
2. late
**** Declension
[m]
*** Mutation
[ga-mut]
** Old Irish
*** Etymology
From [sga], of [sga] derivation, but perhaps from [sga] + [ine-pro]; compare
[grc].[3]
*** Pronunciation
- [sga-IPA]
*** Adjective
[comp=mailliu]
1. slow
2. * [3537]
3. *: [sga]
4. tardy , late
5. * [Wb]
6. *: [sga]
**** Inflection
[gsm=maill]
**** Derived terms
- [sga]
**** Descendants
- [mga]
- [ga]
- [gv]
- [gd]
*** Mutation
[sga-mutation]
*** References
References:
[1]. R. Trofenik, Zeitschrift für Balkanologie, 1980, page 36
[2]. Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat, Rilindja, 1976, page 117
[3]. [head=*mallo-]
*** Further reading
- [31479]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Pronunciation
- [ro]
*** Noun
[n]
1. shopping mall , shopping centre
**** Declension
[ro-noun-n-uri]
** Scottish Gaelic
*** Etymology
From [gd]; see above.
*** Pronunciation
- [gd]
*** Adjective
[gd-adj]
1. slow
2. tardy , late
3. lazy
4. weak
5. calm , placid
6. dull , senseless
**** Derived terms
- [gd]
- [gd]
*** Mutation
[m]
*** Further reading
- [R:Dwelly]
- [R:gd:MacLennan]
** Spanish
*** Etymology
[es].
*** Pronunciation
[mol]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [shopping centre]
** Swedish
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Noun
[c]
1. a template
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-ar]
** Tagalog
*** Etymology
[tl]. Used due to [Taglish].
*** Pronunciation
[mol]
*** Noun
[b=mol]
1. shopping mall ; shopping center
*** Further reading
- [R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo]