melancholia
English
Etymology
From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊliə
Noun
melancholia (countable and uncountable, plural melancholias)
- Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
- Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness
- (pathology) Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy.
Derived terms
Translations
deep sadness or depression
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ.lanˈxɔ.lʲa/
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Declension
declension of melancholia
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | melancholia | melancholie |
| genitive | melancholii | melancholii/melancholij |
| dative | melancholii | melancholiom |
| accusative | melancholię | melancholie |
| instrumental | melancholią | melancholiami |
| locative | melancholii | melancholiach |
| vocative | melancholio | melancholie |
Derived terms
Further reading
- melancholia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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