"malbela" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Esperanto]

IPA: /malˈbela/ Forms: malbelan [accusative, singular], malbelaj [plural], malbelajn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ela Etymology: From mal- (“opposite of”) + bela (“beautiful, pretty”). First attested in Leopold Einstein's La lingvo internacia als beste Lösung des internationalen Weltspracheproblems (1888). Etymology templates: {{ety|eo|:af|mal-<t:opposite of>|bela<t:beautiful, pretty>|text=+|tree=1}} From mal- (“opposite of”) + bela (“beautiful, pretty”)., {{ety|eo|:af|mal-<t:opposite of>|bela<t:beautiful, pretty>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- Middle French mal- French mal-bor. Italian mal-bor. Esperanto mal- Esperanto bela Esperanto malbela From mal- (“opposite of”) + bela (“beautiful, pretty”). Head templates: {{eo-head}} malbela (accusative singular malbelan, plural malbelaj, accusative plural malbelajn)
  1. ugly Wikipedia link: Leopold Einstein Synonyms: turpa

Inflected forms

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    ],
    [
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    ]
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        "1": "eo",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malbelaj",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malbelajn",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "parts": [
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      ]
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/malˈbela/"
    },
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    }
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    },
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    },
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}

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