afabla

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti

Proto-Italic *fāōr

Latin for

Latin affor

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin affābilisbor.

French affableder.

Esperanto afabla

From French affable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfabla/

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• Rhymes: -abla
• Syllabification: a‧fa‧bla

Adjective

afabla (accusative singular afablan, plural afablaj, accusative plural afablajn)

1. affable, good-natured
   • 1932, “Vojkamarado”, in L. L. Zamenhof, transl., Fabeloj de Andersen:

     La reĝo estas bona kaj afabla homo.

     The king is a good and kind man.

2. (computing) user-friendly

Related terms

• afablaĵo (“(act of) kindness”)
• afable (“affably, kindly”)
• afableco (“affability, kindness”)
• afabli (“to be kind”)
• malafabla (“ill-natured, unkind”)

See also

• amika
• bonkora

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English affable, French affable, Italian affabile, Spanish afable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfabla/

Adjective

afabla

1. affable
2. friendly
3. kind