atrabile
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ātra bīlis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tʁa.bil/
Noun
atrabile f (plural atrabiles)
- (medicine, historical) black bile
- Synonym: bile noire
Derived terms
Further reading
- “atrabile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin atra bilis.
Noun
atrabile m (plural atrabili)
- black bile
- Synonym: bile nera
Anagrams
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French atrabile.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾaˈbi.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾaˈbi.le/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɾɐˈbi.lɨ/ [ɐ.tɾɐˈβi.lɨ]
- Hyphenation: a‧tra‧bi‧le
Noun
atrabile f (plural atrabiles)
- supposed humor (or black bile) to which melancholy, irritation, hypochondria, etc. were attributed.
- bad mood, irritability
- melancholy, sadness
- anger, fury, irascibility