"mal-" meaning in Esperanto

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Prefix

IPA: /mal/ Audio: LL-Q143 (epo)-Lepticed7-mal-.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from French mal- in its secondary sense of denoting the opposite. Etymology templates: {{bor|eo|fr|mal-}} French mal- Head templates: {{head|eo|prefix}} mal-
  1. denotes opposites Tags: morpheme Derived forms: mala (english: opposite) [adjective], malo (english: opposite) [noun], male (english: on the contrary) Related terms: ne-, sen-, kontraŭ-

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