malgrava

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-?

Proto-Italic *malos

Latin malus

Latin maleder.

Old French mal-

Middle French mal-

French mal-bor.

Esperanto mal-

Esperanto grava

Esperanto malgrava

From mal- (“opposite of”) + grava (“important; serious, grave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈɡrava/

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• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: mal‧gra‧va
• Hyphenation: mal‧grava

Adjective

malgrava (accusative singular malgravan, plural malgravaj, accusative plural malgravajn)

1. not serious; irrelevant