mal à propos
French
adv
Definitions
- inappropriately
Etymology
Affix from French mal (badly, well, illness, bad) + French à propos (on that subject).
Origin
French
à propos
Gloss
on that subject
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- apropos English
- mal English
- malapropos English
- a propos Finnish
- apropos German
- apropó Hungarian
- mal French
- malheur French
- malintentionné French
- malmener French
- malsain French
- malveillant French
- malvenu French
- maudire French
- maudit French
- à propos French
- malplassert Norwegian Bokmål
- apropå Swedish
- à propos Polish
- malplassert Norwegian Nynorsk
- apropos Danish
- mal Old French
- אפרופו Hebrew (modern)
- malelve Mauritian Creole
- malelve Seychellois Creole