malapropos

adverbadverb

PronunciationUttale

malapropoˊ

EtymologyOpphav

fransk mal à propos, av mal ‘dårlig’ og à propos ‘til saken’; jamfør apropos (II)speaking of · at just the right moment, apropos French mal à propos, from mal ‘bad’ and à propos ‘to the point’; compare apropos (II)speaking of · at just the right moment, apropos

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

upassende, på uheldig tid eller sted, ubeleiliginconveniently inappropriately, at an unfortunate time or place, inconvenientlyubeleilig

bemerkningen hans var svært malapropos his remark was very ill-timed