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malic

/ˈmælɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
mal-ic
IPA
/ˈmælɪk/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to apples.

adj

Of or pertaining to malic acid or its derivatives.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French malique, from Latin mālum.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

malamide malate pyromalic

Phrases

malamic acid

Homonyms

Malick

Rhymes With

metallic gaelic gallic phallic phthalic intervocalic thallic ithyphallic echolalic unmetallic hannibalic

Questions

How do you pronounce malic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmælɪk/.
What does malic mean?
Pertaining to apples.
Where does malic come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce malic

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