French prefix

mal-

privative

Register

native

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

ADJ

allomorphs mau-

Status

Engineeringdraft

tlfi

Words built with mal-

malheureux
not happy
heureux+mal-

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -less
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • un-
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

this affix: mal-

    Hindi

    • -हीन
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • निर्-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • बे-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)

    Telugu

    Tamil