melancolia

See also: melancolía

Italian

Noun

melancolia f (plural melancolie)

  1. (dated or psychiatry) alternative form of malinconia

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese melanconia, borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.lɐ̃.koˈli.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.lɐ̃.koˈli.a/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.lɐ̃.kuˈli.ɐ/

  • Hyphenation: me‧lan‧co‧li‧a

Noun

melancolia f (plural melancolias)

  1. melancholy (extreme sadness or depression)
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