melancolie
See also: mélancolie
French
Further reading
- “melancolie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Middle English
Old French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).
Noun
melancolie f (oblique plural melancolies, nominative singular melancolie, nominative plural melancolies)
- melancholy (sadness or depression)
- (medicine) melancholy; black bile
Descendants
- Middle English: malencolie, malencolye, malancolie, malancolye, malyncoly, malencoly, malencoli, melancolye, melancolie
- English: melancholy (remodelled after Latin)
- French: mélancolie
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mélancolie, ultimately from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía); the older variant melanholie was borrowed from Greek μελαγχολία (melancholía).
Pronunciation
melancolie (file)
Synonyms
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