malrapide

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 rapida

Proto-Italic *-ēd

Old Latin -ēd

Latin -ebor.

Russian -е (-e)influ.

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Polish -einflu.

Czech -einflu.

Esperanto -e

Esperanto rapide

Esperanto malrapide

From mal- (“opposite of”) + rapide (“quickly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malraˈpide/

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• Rhymes: -ide
• Syllabification: mal‧ra‧pi‧de
• Hyphenation: mal‧rapide

Adverb

malrapide

1. slowly

   Synonym: lante

   Antonym: rapide

   • 2005, Federico Gobbo, “May European Union adopt a Lingua Franca?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2012:

     La malforta maljunulino malrapide malproksimiĝas per mallongaj paŝoj.

     The old weak lady slowly took short steps away.

Related terms

• malrapida
• rapida