malnova

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 nova
Esperanto malnova

    From mal- (“opposite of”) + nova (“new”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /malˈnova/
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    • Rhymes: -ova
    • Syllabification: mal‧no‧va
    • Hyphenation: mal‧nova

    Adjective

    malnova (accusative singular malnovan, plural malnovaj, accusative plural malnovajn)

    1. old (of an object or concept)
      Synonym: (poetic, neologism) olda
      Antonym: nova
      • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 18:
        "Je Zeŭso!" li diris, "Sokrato, mi diros al vi kiel mi spertas ĝin. Ofte kelkaj el ni, samaĝuloj, kunvenas konforme al la malnova maksimo."
        "By Zeus!" he said, "Socrates, I will tell you how I experience it. Often some of us, people of the same age, get together accordingly to the old maxim."

    Derived terms

    adjective
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