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# malinois

noun (a Malinois, Malinois)

«malinois» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A breed of Belgian Shepherd dog with short fawn fur and a dark face, very clever and full of energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#m1)
2. It is often trained as a police, army or search-and-rescue dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and news, Malinois dogs work with police and soldiers, sniffing out drugs, explosives and missing people; in stories about brave dogs they are heroes. Owners need lots of time to train and exercise them. Phrases: Belgian Malinois, police Malinois.

### Examples

- The police dog was a Belgian Malinois. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#x1)
- A Malinois needs a lot of exercise every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#x2)
- The Malinois found the lost hiker in the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#x3)
- Malinois look a bit like small German Shepherds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#x4)
- Army Malinois are trained to parachute with soldiers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#x5)
- Our neighbour's Malinois can jump very high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/#x6)

### Note

Capital M (breed name). Same form for singular and plural. Pronounced MAL-in-wah (French, from the Belgian town of Malines/Mechelen). The final «s» is silent.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «malinois» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/malinois/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«malinois» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/malinois.html) on Mova free.