Mall — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk

mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɔːl/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈal/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈal/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈɔːl/.

Examples

a good plaza should have a movie house
they spent their weekends at the local malls

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shopping mall promenade shopping center center shopping centre plaza

Parts of Speech

noun	a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
noun	mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace “a good plaza should have a movie house”

Word Forms

promenade

verb

take a leisurely walk

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Einkaufszentrum

ein öffentlicher Bereich, der als Fußgängerzone reserviert ist

🇫🇷French

centre commercial

un espace public réservé à la promenade piétonne

🇪🇸Spanish

centro comercial

un área pública reservada como paseo peatonal

🇮🇹Italian

centro commerciale

un'area pubblica destinata a percorso pedonale

🇳🇱Dutch

winkelcentrum

een openbare ruimte die gereserveerd is als voetgangersgebied

🇵🇹Portuguese

shopping center

uma área pública reservada como passeio de pedestres

🇷🇺Russian

торговый центр

общественное место, отведенное под пешеходную прогулку

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मॉल

पैदल चलने वालों के लिए अलग रखा गया सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र

🇧🇩Bengali

মল

একটি পাবলিক এলাকা একটি পথচারী হাঁটার হিসাবে সরাইয়া রাখা

🇮🇳Tamil

வணிக வளாகம்

நடைபாதையாக ஒதுக்கப்பட்ட பொதுப் பகுதி

🇮🇳Telugu

మాల్

పాదచారుల నడక కోసం కేటాయించిన బహిరంగ ప్రదేశం

🇮🇳Marathi

मॉल

एक सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र पादचारी चालण्यासाठी बाजूला ठेवले आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

મોલ

પગપાળા ચાલવા માટે એક સાર્વજનિક વિસ્તાર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಾಲ್

ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಪ್ರದೇಶವನ್ನು ಪಾದಚಾರಿ ನಡಿಗೆಗಾಗಿ ಮೀಸಲಿಡಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മാൾ

കാൽനടയാത്രക്കായി നീക്കിവച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പൊതുസ്ഥലം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਾਲ

ਇੱਕ ਜਨਤਕ ਖੇਤਰ ਇੱਕ ਪੈਦਲ ਚੱਲਣ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਸੇ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

مال

ایک عوامی علاقہ جو پیدل چلنے والوں کے لیے الگ رکھا گیا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

购物中心

留作人行道的公共区域

🇯🇵Japanese

モール

歩行者用の歩道として確保された公共エリア

🇰🇷Korean

쇼핑 센터

보행자 산책로로 지정된 공공 장소

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trung tâm mua sắm

một khu vực công cộng dành riêng cho người đi bộ

🇹🇭Thai

ห้างสรรพสินค้า

พื้นที่สาธารณะที่จัดไว้เป็นทางเดินเท้า

🇲🇾Malay

pusat beli belah

kawasan awam yang diketepikan sebagai laluan pejalan kaki

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مول

منطقة عامة مخصصة كمسار للمشاة

🇮🇷Persian

مرکز خرید

یک منطقه عمومی که به عنوان پیاده روی اختصاص داده شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

alışveriş merkezi

yaya yürüyüşü olarak ayrılmış kamusal alan

🇮🇱Hebrew

קֶנִיוֹן

שטח ציבורי שהוקצה להולכי רגל

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The primary meaning of 'mall' is 'a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk'.

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