malvarma

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 varma

Esperanto malvarma

From mal- (“opposite of”) + varma (“warm, hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈvarma/

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• Rhymes: -arma
• Syllabification: mal‧var‧ma
• Hyphenation: mal‧varma

Adjective

malvarma (accusative singular malvarman, plural malvarmaj, accusative plural malvarmajn)

1. cold (low in temperature)

   malvarma vintro

   a cold winter

2. cold (distant, emotionless)

Synonyms

• (poetic, neologism) frida

Antonyms

• varma (“warm, hot”)

Derived terms

• malvarmega (“frigid”)
• malvarmeta (“cool”)
• mi malvarmas (“I'm cold”)

Related terms

• malvarme (“coldly”)
• malvarmeco (“coldness”)
• malvarmi (“to be cold”)
• malvarmo (“cold”)