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French
Noun
melancolie f (plural melancolies)
- Obsolete form of mélancolie.
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Italian
Noun
melancolie f
- plural of melancolia
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Middle English
Noun
melancolie
- Alternative form of malencolie
Adjective
melancolie
- Alternative form of malencolie
Old French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).
Noun
melancolie oblique singular, f (oblique plural melancolies, nominative singular melancolie, nominative plural melancolies)
- melancholy (sadness or depression)
- (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).
Pronunciation
Noun
melancolie f (plural melancolii)
- melancholy (sadness or depression)
- Synonym: tristețe
Declension