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Obskura Synonym Obscure Accusative Plural Null Wikt Etymology

The Esperanto word "obskura" has multiple meanings: "unclear," "obscure" (not well-known), and "dark" (not light). It can be used to describe different levels of clarity or familiarity.

La vorto "obskura" en Esperanto havas plurajn signifojn: "neklara", "malofta" (ne konata) kaj "malhela" (ne lumplena). Ĝi povas esti uzata por priskribi malsamajn nivelojn de klareco aŭ konateco.

Frequency Rank of Word 5222
Word obskura
Meanings
    obscure
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obscure
    (
    unclear
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unclear
    )

    obscure (not

    well-known
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well-known
    )

    dark
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dark
    (not
    light
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/light
    )

Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry root. Already attested in the early 20th century but uncommon until the 1930s, so influence from
Ido
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ido
obskura
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obskura#Ido
is possible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /obˈskura/
  • Hyphenation: ob‧sku‧ra
  • Rhymes:
    -ura

Adjective

obskura (accusative singular

obskuran
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obskuran#Esperanto
, plural
obskuraj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obskuraj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
obskurajn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obskurajn#Esperanto
)

  1. obscure
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obscure
    (
    unclear
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unclear
    )
    Synonym:
    malklara
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malklara#Esperanto
  2. obscure (not
    well-known
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/well-known
    )
    Synonym:
    senfama
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/senfama#Esperanto
  3. dark
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dark
    (not
    light
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/light
    )
    Synonym:
    malluma
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malluma#Esperanto

Derived terms

  • obskureco
  • obskurigi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obskurigi#Esperanto

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