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)

  1. (medicine, historical) black bile
    Synonym: bile noire

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin atra bilis.

Noun

atrabile m (plural atrabili)

  1. 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)

  1. supposed humor (or black bile) to which melancholy, irritation, hypochondria, etc. were attributed.
  2. bad mood, irritability
  3. melancholy, sadness
  4. anger, fury, irascibility