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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”) after the humorism theory.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.lin.koˈni.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: ma‧lin‧co‧nì‧a
Noun
malinconia f (plural malinconie)
- melancholy
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
malinconia f
- melancholy