Translation
soft
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Word origin
From Latin mollis, soft, the root behind English mollify and emollient.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- mollis
- English cognates
- mollify, emollient
Examples
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The new bed is very soft.
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I like soft bread.
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The grass was soft under our feet.
is soft to the touch. Its opposite is built rather than borrowed: is hard, and the - prefix saves you a whole second word. Watch the range, though, because English soft stretches further than does: a soft voice is , quiet, and a soft light is . i is to soften something, i to go soft on its own.
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Word family
Words built on mola with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malmolaadjective
hard, firm
mal-mola
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 8: mola, nuligi, kazo and 6 more words.