malpli

Esperanto

Etymology

From mal- (opposite of) +‎ pli (more). First attested in 1888.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalpli/
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  • Rhymes: -alpli
  • Syllabification: mal‧pli
  • Hyphenation: mal‧pli

Adverb

malpli

  1. less
    Antonym: pli
    • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
      Novelo estas skribita rakonto, malpli longa ol romano.
      A novella is a written story, shorter than a novel.
      (literally, “A novella is a written story, less long than a novel.”)

References

  1. ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “pli”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, pages 672-673

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