melancolie

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French

Noun

melancolie f (plural melancolies)

  1. Obsolete form of mélancolie.

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Italian

Noun

melancolie f

  1. plural of melancolia

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Middle English

Noun

melancolie

  1. Alternative form of malencolie

Adjective

melancolie

  1. Alternative form of malencolie

Old French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

Noun

melancolie oblique singularf (oblique plural melancolies, nominative singular melancolie, nominative plural melancolies)

  1. melancholy (sadness or depression)
  2. (medicine) melancholy; black bile

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélancolie, ultimately from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía); the older variant melanholie was borrowed from Greek μελαγχολία (melancholía).

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Noun

melancolie f (plural melancolii)

  1. melancholy (sadness or depression)
    Synonym: tristețe

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