mal = bad
Mal.
The prefix in the word maladjusted is mal-. This prefix means bad.
From my French dictionary; Mal (noun) • evil • ill • wrong • harm • hurt • difficulty • trouble • pain • disease • illness • ache • pains • malady • wrongdoing
Without evil
It is pronounced as Mal-in-WA.
Almal pronounced AL~mal
It means bad.
Mal.
Mal Aliento or Halitosis ( Halitosis is the same word in English or Spanish )
"Mal" in French translates to "bad" in English.
The prefix in the word maladjusted is mal-. This prefix means bad.
Mal is an adverb in Latin that means "badly" or "wrongly" when used independently. However, as a prefix in English, like in the word "malfunction," it denotes something negative or bad.
From my French dictionary; Mal (noun) • evil • ill • wrong • harm • hurt • difficulty • trouble • pain • disease • illness • ache • pains • malady • wrongdoing
Avez-vous mal au cou? in French is "Does your neck hurt?" in English.
Mal educated must have been a word derived from the Frech word, "maleducate" (feminine) or maleducato (masculine) which means ill-mannered. In Spanish the word "mal educada" (feminie) or "mal educado" (masculine) is also used.
"Bad (wrong)" as an adjective, "badly (incorrectly, poorly, wrongly) as an adverb, and "evil (damage, ill, illness, sickness, wrong)" as a noun are literal English equivalents of the French word mal. Regardless of meaning or use, the pronunciation remains "mahl" in French.
you made me bad