malbela

Esperanto

Etymology

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”). First attested in Leopold Einstein's La lingvo internacia als beste Lösung des internationalen Weltspracheproblems (1888).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈbela/

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: mal‧be‧la
• Hyphenation: mal‧bela

Adjective

malbela (accusative singular malbelan, plural malbelaj, accusative plural malbelajn)

1. ugly

   Synonym: turpa

   Antonym: bela